Sensex retreats…Nifty ends below 4600
India Infoline News Service / Mumbai Aug 14, 2009 15:50
Sensex slipped 107 points or 0.7% at 15,412 while, Nifty slipped by 25 points to shut shop at 4,580.
The BSE Sensex slipped 107 points or 0.7% at 15,412 after touching a high of 15,535 and a low of 15,367. The index opened at 15,530 against the previous close of 15,518. The NSE Nifty slipped by 25 points to shut shop at 4,580.In Asia, the Nikkei in Japan gained by 0.8% at 10,597 while Australia's S&P/ASX gained 0.6% at 4,461. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong gained 0.2% at 20,893. Shanghai index in China slipped 3% at 3,046. In Europe, stocks were trading in the green. The FTSE in the UK was up 0.2%. The DAX in Germany was up 0.2% and the CAC 40 index in France was up 0.3%. Coming back to India, among the BSE sectoral indices, the Realty index was the top loser, losing 2%, followed by the FMCG index that was down 1.3%. The BSE Teck index down 1.3% and the BSE Auto index was down 1.2%.
Among the major gainers were, BSE Oil & Gas index up 1.5% and BSE Consumer Durables index up 0.9%
The BSE Mid-Cap index slipped by 0.3% and the BSE Small-Cap index edged higher by 0.3%.
Within the Sensex, the major losers were JP Associates, HUL, ACC, RCOM, NTPC, HDFC and Maruti. Among the major gainers were, ONGC, Reliance Infra and Reliance Industries.
Outside the frontline indices, the big losers in the broader market were Balrampur Chini, Renuka Sugar, HCL Tech, Akcruti, PFC and Gujarat NRE. On the other hand, gainers included United Phosphorous, Jet Airways, Gujarat Petronet, Bhushan Steel and EKC.