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Indian stock market daily closing report (August 19, 2010)

Contributed by Nirmal Bang

By Nirmal Bang

Market closed strong at 31 Month high at 5540. We saw buying in Sectors like Bank, FMCG & Metal. We saw buying in Cement stocks like Ambuja Cement was up by 8.16%, ACC was up by 4.86%, Grasim was up by 3.95% & Ultratech Cement was up by 3.31%. Market closed at 5540 up by 61 points, before making an intraday High of 5545 and Low of 5478. The benchmark Index Sensex closed at 18,455 up by 197 points before making an intraday high of 18,475 & low of 18,277. Among the broader indices - The BSE Midcap Index was up by .88% and Small cap was up by .77% Today's market breadth was positive and Total Turnover was at 1,44,780Cr.

In Bank space, ICICI Bank was up by 4.38%, Hdfc Bank was up by 1.95%, Axis Bank was up by .62% & SBI was down by .33%.

In FMCG space, Godrej was up by 4.04%, HUL was up by 1.65%, ITC was up by 1.54% & Dabur was up by .56%.

In Metal space, Hind Zinc was up by 3.26%, Jindal Steel was up by 2.31%, Hindalco was up by 2.10%, Sesa goa was up by 1.88% & Jindal steel was up by 1.25%.

In Oil & Gas counter, Aban was up by 6.83%, Reliance was up by 1.25%, HPCL was down by .80% & BPCL was down by .52%.

Among the Sensex gainers were ACC was up by 4.86%, ICICI Bank was up by 4.38%, HDFC was up by 3.69% & JP Associates was up by 2.98%.

Among the Sensex losers were ONGC was down by 1.394%, Tata Power was down by 1.10%, Tata Motors was up by .72% & Bharti Airtel was down by .43%.