Special Report
20-MAR-2019
Global markets at a glance The benchmark S&P 500 index ended little changed on Tuesday as investor optimism regarding the Federal Reserve’s expected affirmation of its dovish policy stance was offset by reports of fault lines emerging in ongoing USChina trade negotiations.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 26.72 points, or 0.1 percent, to 25,887.38, the S&P 500 lost 0.37 points, or 0.01 percent, to 2,832.57 and the Nasdaq Composite added 9.47 points, or 0.12 percent, to 7,723.95. Asian shares got off to a cautious start on Wednesday, holding close to six-month highs on hopes the US Federal Reserve will stick to a dovish stance and unveil a plan to stop cutting bond holdings later this year.MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan ticked down 0.1 percent from a six-month high touched the previous day. Japan’s Nikkei was also down 0.1 percent.Trends on SGX Nifty indicate a flat to negative opening for the broader index in India, a fall of 3.5 points or 0.03 percent. Nifty futures were trading around 11,572-level on the Singaporean Exchange. PREVIOUS DAY ROUNDOFF Indian equity markets closed the trade on a volatile note as pendulum swings weighed in. Nifty continued its positive momentum, closing higher for the sixth trading day in a row. Reliance Industries contributed majority of the gains in Nifty and added fresh long positions as open positions continued to soar higher along with a rise in the stock price.Bajaj Finance added fresh long positions and is just ~2% away from breaching its life time high level. Midcap stocks continued their underperformance for the fourth day in a row as sharp selling was seen in major midcap names. Nifty Bank index gained ~0.75% led by strong gains in Axis & Kotak Bank. Market breadth ended in the favor of declines with the advance/decline ratio closing at 1:1.5x.
World Indices Index
Value
% Change
DJI
25887
-0.10
S&P500
2832
-0.01
NASDAQ
7723
+0.12
FTSE100
7324
+0.34
21576 29316
+0.04 -0.51
NIKKEI HANG SENG
Top Gainers Company
CMP
Change
% Chg
Bharti Infratel
327.6
9.5
2.99
1,036.20
24.2
2.39
134.9
2.6
1.97
1,376.55
26.5
1.96
299.45
5.7
1.94
CMP
Change
% Chg
21,759.10 288.5 2,614.05 1,357.95 6,825.20
-492.3 -6.45 -55.45 -20.95 -83.9
-2.21 -2.19 -2.08 -1.52 -1.21
HCL Tech NTPC Reliance ITC
Top Losers Company
Eicher Motors JSW Steel Hero Motocorp Larsen Maruti Suzuki
Stocks at 52 Week’s HIGH Symbol
Prev. Close
Change
%Chg
5.8
0.25
4.5
831.35
39.55
4.99
AXISBANK
756
19.3
2.63
BANKBEES
3,051.30
22.34
0.75
BILENERGY
2.4
0.1
4.35
Prev. Close
Change
%Chg
14.85
0
0
0.4
0.05
12.5
4.85 1.65 8.55
-0.1 -0.05 -0.45
-1.96 -2.94 -5
ALOKTEXT ARVINDFASN
Stocks at 52 Week’s LOW Symbol
Index stats The Market was very volatile in last session. The sartorial in dices performed as follow; Commodities[+24.8pts], Consumption[+11.8pts],PSE[+37.15pts],CPSE [+26.15pts],Energy[+260.75pts],FMCG[+260.85pts],Auto[60.pts],Pharma[+39.65pts],IT[+136.10pts],Metal[ 1.00pts],Realty[+0.30pts], Fin Serv sector[+44.90pts].
ABMINTLTD BILPOWER CYBERMEDIA DNAMEDIA FEDDERELEC
Indian Indices Company
CMP
Change
% Chg
NIFTY
11532
+70.20
+0.61
SENSEX
38363
+268.4
+0.70
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