Thursday, 19 January 2017

Nifty, Sensex may dip in the short-term: Thursday closing report-The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

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19 January 2017

Indian equities markets closed on a flat-to-positive note on Thursday as profit booking, coupled with a weakened rupee and caution ahead of the European Central Bank's policy meet capped gains. However, hopes of healthy third-quarter (Q3) results kept investors' sentiments buoyed. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose by 18.10 points or 0.22%, to 8,435.10 points. The Sensex touched a high of 27,348.19 points and a low of 27,219.89 points during the intra-day trade. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions


The trends of the major indices in the course of Thursday’s trading are given in the table below:
 
Major Indices (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions)

The BSE market breadth was marginally tilted in favour of the bulls - with 1,422 advances and 1,310 declines. Nifty continued range bound movement while Sensex remained volatile post afternoon. On Wednesday, broadly positive global indices and inflow of foreign funds buoyed the benchmark indices.The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

Auto and FMCG posted 0.7% and 0.45% gains driven by Tata Motors DVR, Eicher Motors which gained more than 2% in the Auto space while ITC closed up by more than 1% in the FMCG space. On the contrary, Pharma tumbled the most with Auro Pharma and Lupin tumbling nearly 1.5%. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

GAIL surged 5.3% as a meeting of the board of directors is scheduled on January 25 to consider issuance of bonus shares and fund raising by issuance of bonds on private placement basis.
Orient Green Power gained 11.5% as a media report indicated that Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) is in advanced talks to merge its wind energy assets with a Chennai-based company. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions


The top gainers and top losers of the major indices are given in the table below:
 
Top Gainer (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions)
Globally, investors also awaited Friday's inauguration of Donald Trump as US President. Trump will be speaking at a pre-inauguration event later Thursday. European indices erased early gains, as investors were cautious ahead of the interest rate announcement by the European Central Bank, after its meet, later on Thursday. Zodiac Aerospace jumped 21.6% after France's Safran offered $ 9 billion to buy the aircraft seat manufacturer. Shares of Safran gained 1.7%.


The closing values of the major Asian indices are given in the table below:The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
Asian Indices (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions)

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