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Indian stock market daily closing report (August 16, 2010)

Contributed by Nirmal Bang

By Nirmal Bang

Market opened positive and in second half we saw profit book at higher level. We saw Selling in Sectors like Metal, Realty & Oil & Gas. We saw buying in stocks like Cummins was up by 6.53%, Tata Chemical was up by 5.93% & LIC was up by 5.0%. Market closed at 5418 down by 34 points, before making an intraday High of 5465 and Low of 5397. The benchmark Index Sensex closed at 18,051 down by 116 points before making an intraday high of 18,204 & low of 17,997. Among the broader indices - The BSE Midcap Index was up by .08% and Small cap was down by .25% Today's market breadth was negative and Total Turnover was at 1,23,854Cr.

In Metal space, Sesa Goa was down by 8.90%, Hindustan Zinc was down by 2.59%, Tata Steel was down by 1.77% & Sail was down by 1.19%.

In Realty Space, IBull Realty was up by 1.24%, Unitech was down by 2.16%, HDIL was down by 1.91%. & DLF was down by .78%.

In Oil & Gas space, Cairn was down by 6.36%, BPCL was down by 1.76%, HPCL was down by .77% & Reliance was down by .29%.

In FMCG counter, HUL was up by 1.58%, ITC was up by 1.28%, Dabur was up by 1.09% & Godrej was up by .59%.

Among the Sensex gainers were HUL was up by 1.58, ITC was up by 1.28%, Hero Honda was up by .40% & Maruti was up by .38%.

Among the Sensex losers were Cipla was down by 3.63%, Rel Infra was down by 3.4%, Rcom was down by 2.74% & JP Associates was down by 2.57%.