Monday, 14 January 2019

Nifty, Sensex under Pressure – Monday closing report-The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

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14 January 2019

The major indices of the Indian stock markets were range-bound on Monday and closed with small losses over Friday’s close. On the NSE, there were 660 advances, 1,081 declines and 344 unchanged. The trends of the major indices in the course of Monday’s trading are given in the table below:


The Indian equity indices traded in the red on Monday. The Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange also slumped and was around the 10,700-mark level during the afternoon session. Weakness in the Asian markets and depreciation in the Indian rupee dampened the domestic market sentiments, analysts said. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions

The rupee was trading around 70.80 (1.32 p.m.) against the previous close of 70.49 per dollar. Except IT (information technology) and Teck (technology, media and entertainment) stocks, all the sectoral indices declined during the day, led by selling pressure in banking, capital goods and auto stocks. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions


India's annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices eased to 3.80% in December 2018 from 4.64% in November, official data showed here on Monday. However, on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) data furnished by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry was higher than the rise of 3.58% reported for the corresponding period of 2017. "The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at 3.80% (provisional) for the month of December, 2018 (over December, 2017) as compared to 4.64% (provisional) for the previous month and 3.58% during the corresponding month of the previous year," the Ministry said in its review of "Index Numbers of Wholesale Price in India" for December. "Build up inflation rate in the financial year so far was 3.27% compared to a build-up rate of 2.21% in the corresponding period of the previous year."

Transport fuel rates were hiked for the fifth time this month and saw their steepest rise on Sunday, amid global crude oil rates continuing to climb handsomely following the implementation of output cuts by oil producers from January 1.

Private lender Yes Bank has appointed former bureaucrat Brahm Dutt as its non-executive part-time Chairman till July 4, 2020. According to the company, Dutt has been on the Board of Yes Bank since July 2013 as an 'Independent Director', and has contributed to almost all the sub-committees of the Board during this period. He is currently the Chair of the 'Nomination and Remuneration Committee'. The company said the bank now has eight members on its Board which includes Rana Kapoor, T.S. Vijayan, Uttam Prakash Agarwal, Pratima Sheorey, Ajai Kumar, Subhash Kalia and Mukesh Sabharwal. Yes Bank shares closed at Rs195.40, up 6.22% on the NSE.

Coal India's subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) on Saturday said production and dispatches at its Talcher unit in Angul district of Odisha came to a "grinding halt" in the last few days due to a stir by local activists. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions


The top gainers and top losers of the major indices are given in the table below:


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

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