Market HIGHLIGHTS: Bulls make merry on HDFC twins, Infosys rally; 1100 point gains for Sensex, Nifty ends 320 points up
Market HIGHLIGHTS: Friday belonged to HDFC twins as both stocks led the charge in what was a very eventful day for the domestic equity markets. HDFC Bank and HDFC Ltd gained nearly 6 per cent intraday and were the top two stocks in terms of contribution to the frontline indices. The stocks also helped Bank Nifty to hit its life time highs of 42,345.50. BSE Sensex today ended at 61,795.04, up 1181 points or 1.95 per cent while the broader market Nifty50 settled at 18,349.70, up 321.50 points or 1.78 per cent.
Highlights:
1) Both Sensex and Nifty opened with significant gains over the Thursday closing levels and only widened their gains through the session. The markets took cues from their US peers which witnessed a rally not seen in the last 2.5 years. The biggest trigger was softening in CPI inflation in the world's largest economy.
2) In the 50-stock Nifty50, 37 stocks gained and 12 declined while 1 stock was unchanged.
3) Apart from the HDFC twins, Infosys, Tech Mahindra and HCL Tech were the other top gainers. The top losers were Eicher Motors, Hero MotoCorp, SBI, Britannia Industries and Mahindra & Mahindra.
4) Out of the 15 Nifty sectoral indices only three ended on the losing side - Nifty Auto (-0.30 per cent), Nifty FMCG (-0.15 per cent) and Nifty PSU Bank (-0.67 per cent). Banks and financial services were the top gainers. Nifty Metal (+2.03 per cent), Nifty Realty (+1.67 per cent).
5) India VIX, a measure of volatility on the Nifty was down 7 per cent to end at 14.41.
6) Action was seen in broader markets too with Nifty500 gaining 1.35 per cent. There was stock specific action in mid cap and small cap stocks. NIFTY MIDCAP 100 settled at 31,381.70, up 0.07 per cent while NIFTY SMALLCAP 100 closed at 9,705.35, up 0.38 per cent.
7) Rupee surges 60 paise to close at 80.80 (provisional) against US dollar. INR opened with a gains of 110 paise against the Dollar at 80.71.
Watch this space for all the market action!
Market HIGHLIGHTS: Friday belonged to HDFC twins as both stocks led the charge in what was a very eventful day for the domestic equity markets. HDFC Bank and HDFC Ltd gained nearly 6 per cent intraday and were the top two stocks in terms of contribution to the frontline indices. The stocks also helped Bank Nifty to hit its life time highs of 42,345.50. BSE Sensex today ended at 61,795.04, up 1181 points or 1.95 per cent while the broader market Nifty50 settled at 18,349.70, up 321.50 points or 1.78 per cent.
Highlights:
1) Both Sensex and Nifty opened with significant gains over the Thursday closing levels and only widened their gains through the session. The markets took cues from their US peers which witnessed a rally not seen in the last 2.5 years. The biggest trigger was softening in CPI inflation in the world's largest economy.
2) In the 50-stock Nifty50, 37 stocks gained and 12 declined while 1 stock was unchanged.
3) Apart from the HDFC twins, Infosys, Tech Mahindra and HCL Tech were the other top gainers. The top losers were Eicher Motors, Hero MotoCorp, SBI, Britannia Industries and Mahindra & Mahindra.
4) Out of the 15 Nifty sectoral indices only three ended on the losing side - Nifty Auto (-0.30 per cent), Nifty FMCG (-0.15 per cent) and Nifty PSU Bank (-0.67 per cent). Banks and financial services were the top gainers. Nifty Metal (+2.03 per cent), Nifty Realty (+1.67 per cent).
5) India VIX, a measure of volatility on the Nifty was down 7 per cent to end at 14.41.
6) Action was seen in broader markets too with Nifty500 gaining 1.35 per cent. There was stock specific action in mid cap and small cap stocks. NIFTY MIDCAP 100 settled at 31,381.70, up 0.07 per cent while NIFTY SMALLCAP 100 closed at 9,705.35, up 0.38 per cent.
7) Rupee surges 60 paise to close at 80.80 (provisional) against US dollar. INR opened with a gains of 110 paise against the Dollar at 80.71.
Watch this space for all the market action!
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