Markets make a jubilant start of the Budget day

28 Feb 2015 Evaluate

Markets made a jubilant start of the special session of annual budget, the euphoria of reform oriented budget has led the markets to extend the rally of last session and the major benchmarks Sensex and Nifty are placed well above their crucial psychological levels of 29400 and 8900 respectively. Traders are now eyeing the budget announcements to bet, though major FII’s participation is missing from the markets due to the normal weekend but still the markets is not showing any sign of giving up. The budget is expected to have some good news for the middle class. There is general expectation that FM will announce measures to increase spending power of the middle class by offering tax breaks and would announce measures to make India an investment-friendly nation. Markets will also be  looking for the postponement of the implementation of the General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) and guidance for Goods and Services Tax (GST), which has been announced to come into force from April 2016.

The Global markets though gave a mixed signal, while the US markets ended in red on getting lower than expected GDP data for the final quarter of the last year, but the European markets snapped the Friday’s session on higher note ahead of the announcement of the European Central Bank's quantitative easing program.

Back home, most of the sectoral indices on the BSE were in green led by realty, capital goods, power and banks. The broader indices too were in enthusiastic mood going neck-in-neck to the benchmarks.

The BSE Sensex is currently trading at 29434.31, up by 214.19 points or 0.73% after trading in a range of 29397.00 and 29497.50. There were 24 stocks advancing against 6 stocks declining on the index.

The broader indices too were trading in green; the BSE Mid cap index was up by 0.69%, while Small cap index gained 0.86%.

The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Realty up by 2.66%, Capital Goods up by 1.75%, Power up by 1.32%, Bankex up by 1.15%, Metal up by 1.12%, while IT down by 0.26%, TECK down by 0.21% were the losing indices on BSE.

The top gainers on the Sensex were Tata Steel up by 2.69%, BHEL up by 2.34%, GAIL India up by 1.93%, HDFC up by 1.92% and ICICI Bank up by 1.79%. On the flip side, Cipla down by 0.46%, Infosys down by 0.32%, Hero MotoCorp down by 0.28%, Bharti Airtel down by 0.23% and Wipro down by 0.08% were the top losers.

The CNX Nifty is currently trading at 8903.40, up by 58.80 points or 0.66% after trading in a range of 8894.70 and 8919.95. There were 39 stocks advancing against 11 stocks declining on the index.

The top gainers on Nifty were Bank Of Baroda up by 3.59% , Tata Steel up by 2.87%, Jindal Steel & Power up by 2.73%, PNB up by 2.32% and BHEL up by 2.29%. On the flip side, HCL Tech. down by 0.80%, Lupin down by 0.68%, BPCL down by 0.57%, Cipla down by 0.56% and Tech Mahindra down by 0.52% were the top losers.

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