Markets on 27th June

Indian equities continued to gain for the third day on Monday. At the close, the benchmark 30-share index, BSE Sensex added 171.73 points or 0.94% at 18,412.41 with 23 components posting rise. Meanwhile, the broad based NSE Nifty went up by 55.35 points or 1.01% at 5,526.60 with 39 components posting rise.

Sensex Movers

Larsen & Toubro contributed rise of 32.34 points in the Sensex. It was followed by Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (24.51 points), I C I C I Bank (18.87 points), H D F C Bank (16.38 points) and Housing Development Finance Corporation (15.04 points).

However, I T C contributed fall of 10.24 points in the Sensex. It was followed by Grasim Industries (2.5 points), Hero Honda Motors (1.78 points), Reliance Infrastructure (1.44 points) and Hindustan Unilever (1.36 points).

Biggest gainers in the 30-share index were Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (4.16%), Mahindra & Mahindra (3.22%), Maruti Suzuki India (2.86%), Larsen & Toubro (2.69%), Tata Steel (1.65%), and State Bank Of India (1.60%).

On the other hand, Reliance Infra (1.48%), I T C (0.77%), Hero Honda Motors (0.76%), D L F (0.74%), Wipro (0.33%), and Hindustan Unilever (0.31%) were the biggest losers in the Sensex.

Mid & Small-cap Space

The BSE Mid and small caps underperformed their larger counterparts gaining 0.78% and 0.80% respectively.

The major gainers in the BSE Midcap were Allcargo Global Logistics (2.48%), Alok Industries (2.43%), Aban Offshore (0.93%), Alstom Projects India (0.42%) and A B G Shipyard (0.01%).

The major gainers in the BSE Smallcap were Acropetal Technologies (4.84%), Provogue (India) (0.44%), Trident (0.35%), A K Capital Services (0.12%) and Aarti Industries (0.1%).

Sectors in Limelight

The PSU index was at 8,556.21, up by 158.67 points or by 1.89%. The major gainers were Allahabad Bank (2.94%), Bank Of Baroda (2.61%), Balmer Lawrie & Company (2.58%), Bank Of India (1.8%) and Andhra Bank (1.05%).

The Capital Goods index was at 13,604.31, up by 246.12 points or by 1.84%. The major gainers were BGR Energy Systems (1.73%), BEML (1.54%), Bharat Heavy Electricals (1.01%), Alstom Projects India (0.42%) and Crompton Greaves (0.14%).

The Bankex index was at 12,613.03, up by 219.69 points or by 1.77%. The major gainers were Federal Bank (2.97%), Bank Of Baroda (2.61%), Canara Bank (2.38%), Bank Of India (1.8%) and H D F C Bank (1.46%).

On the other hand, the Realty index was at 1,985.86, down by 14.85 points or by 0.74%. The major losers were Housing Development and Infrastructure (3.57%), Ackruti City (1.49%), D B Realty (1.48%), Anant Raj Industries (0.98%) and D L F (0.74%).

Market Breadth

Market breadth was positive with 1,647 advances against 1,226 declines.

Value and Volume Toppers

State Bank Of India topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 1,236.39 million. It was followed by Timbor Home (Rs. 955.03 million), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (Rs. 886.73 million) and Lovable Lingerie (Rs. 681.18 million).

The volume chart was led by Cals Refineries with trades of over 27.03 million shares. It was followed by Lanco Infratech (26.82 million), Timbor Home (10.92 million) and Birla Power Solutions (7.27 million).