Post Market Commentary - Feb 12 2008

The Indian market tumbled in the final trading hours of the session to close in the negative territory. Taking the favoring cues from the global markets, the Indian market opened on a firm note but unable to sustain at higher levels and pare all its gains. The volatility gripped the market throughout the trading session. The favoring cues from the domestic scenario like India''s industrial output rose 7.6% in December 2007 from a year earlier, accelerating from the previous month''s downwardly revised 5.1% also failed to hold the gains of the market. From the sectoral front, the bankex stocks remained in the limelight as most buying is seen from these baskets. The Small Caps and Mid Caps were the most hit as they face heavy selling pressures across the counters. The BSE Sensex closed lower by 22.90 points at 16,608.01 and NSE Nifty fell by 18.75 points to close at 4,838.25. The BSE Mid Cap and Small Cap indices closed lower by 161.45 points and 266.42 points at 7,058.38 and 9,173.68 respectively.

BSE Bankex index closed higher by 122.48 points at 9,867.36. Gainers are Axis bank (6.65%), ICICI bank (2.71%), Kotak bank (2.46%), Andhra bank (2.32%), IOB (1.52%).

BSE Metal index closed marginally lower by 1.20 points at 14,273.05 as Welspun Guj (6.38%), Sesa Goa (5.82%) and JSW Steel (3.01%) closed higher while Jindal Saw (4.09%) and Jindal Stainless (3.46%) closed lower.

BSE Realty index dropped by 125.49 points to close at 9,042.84. Losers are Penland (7.93%), Ansal Infra (7.41%), Sobha Dev (3.54%), Indbul Real (3.40%), HDIL (1.75%).

BSE CG plunged by 160.86 points to close at 14,873.21. Scrips that fell are BEML (4.91%), Kalpataru Power (4.36%), Lakshmi Machines (4.12%), Punj Lloyd (3.96%).

BSE Oil & Gas index inched up by 40.52 points to close at 9,926.32. Scrips that gained are Cairn India (5.26%), HPCL (2.20%), Reliance Inds (2.17%) and Gail India (1.09%).

BSE IT index closed lower by 58.18 points at 3,789.98 as NIIT (7.51%), Patni Comp (5.84%), Karut Net (5%) closed lower.