| The key equity barometers traded flat in early trade. Nifty opened at 24472 and hit a high of 24473 in first half hour of trade. Nifty 50, Nifty Auto and Nifty Bank shares advanced.
At 09:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, down 187.90 points to 77,966.35. The Nifty 50 index 0 points or remained flat to 24,435.95.
The broader market performed better than frontline indices. The BSE 150 MidCap Index posted modest losses of 0.02% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index edged lower by 0.27%.
The market breadth was unfavorable. On the BSE, 0 shares rose and 0 shares declined. A total of 5322 shares were unchanged.
Nifty 50 index remained flat. The index has risen slightly by 0.93% in last one month and edged lower by 0.21% over last one year. Asian Paints, remained flat, led the losers followed by Cipla, remained flat and Eicher Motors, remained flat, respectively. Out of 50 index constituents, 0 are reporting loss today.
Nifty Auto index remained flat. The index has risen 8.83% in last one month and spiked 23.08% over last one year. Ashok Leyland, remained flat, led the losers followed by Bharat Forge, remained flat and Exide Inds., remained flat, respectively. Out of 15 index constituents, 0 are reporting loss today.
Nifty Bank index remained flat. The index has eased by 0.42% in last one month and added 5.16% over last one year. SBI, remained flat, led the losers followed by Kotak Mah. Bank, remained flat and Federal Bank, remained flat, respectively. Out of 14 index constituents, 0 are reporting loss today.
In NIFTY500, A B Real Estate is the top gainer today, remained flat to Rs 1375.80. The counter is sharply down 24.38% in last one year. It recorded an average volume quantity of 14508.83 in last five sessions compared to 9244.04 over last one month.
Asian markets rallied on Thursday. China’s Shanghai composite is marginally higher by 0.42%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is marginally lower by 0.06%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 is sharply higher by 1.77%. |