Sensex holding up in noon trade
February 2nd, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 2 (IANS) A benchmark index for Indian equities markets Wednesday was holding on to its early gains as traders bought into stocks, which had been battered over the past few days.The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 18,216.91 points, was ruling at 18,195.72 points, up 173.5 points or 0.96 percent from its previous close at 18,022.22 points.
The 50-scrip S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange too was in the green, trading 0.72 percent up at 5,456.4 points.
Broader markets were ruling higher as well with the BSE midcap index up 0.55 percent and the BSE smallcap index 0.63 percent higher.
Energy, IT and telecom stocks were among top gainers, while some power scrips saw selling.
The market breadth was positive, with 1,634 stocks advancing compared to 1,001 scrips on the decline, while 114 stocks remained unchanged.
Among gainers on the Sensex were TCS, Tata Motors, Sterlite Industries and RIL, while the losers included Maruti Suzuki, HDFC, Tata Power and M&M.
Other Asian stock markets were mostly trading in the green on robust corporate earnings and as economic data from the US showed that manufacturing output grew better than expected.
The Japanese Nikkei closed 1.78 percent higher at 10,457.36 points, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was ruling 1.81 percent up at 23,908.96 points.
The Chinese markets were closed.
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