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buying in all sectors was helping the Nifty to extend gains and inch up towards the 5,050 level. Metal, power, technology, oil & gas, banking and realty were prominent sectors in rally; respective indices gained 1-1.6%. The broader indices were trading in line with benchmark indices, up 1% each.
Positive Asian markets were also supportive; Shanghai, Straits Times and Taiwan Weighted were up 0.6% each. Kospi, Hang Seng and Jakarta were flat in trade.
The market breadth was positive; about 1,991 shares advanced while 871 shares declined on the BSE. Nearly 576 shares were unchanged.The 30-share BSE Sensex was trading at 16,880, up 188 points and the Nifty was at 5,042, up 57 points.
In the midcap space, Gujarat NRE Coke, Emami, Indian Bank, Sobha Developer and Prakash Industrise were up 3.4-5.6% while Rei Agro, Mahindra Holiday, Shree Cements, Corporation Bank and Novartis India fell 1-2%.
In the smallcap space, Hinduja Venture, Jolly Boards, Usha Martin, JSW Holdings and Action Construction gained 7.5-12% while Zodiac Clothing, Seamec, GMR Industries, Aegis Logistics and Shristi Infra lost 3-6%. Nifty back above 5000 on positive global cues
The Sensex started the day on a positive note and continued its yesterday's rally further. The Nifty has touched the 5,000 mark on the back of buying in across all sectors.
At 9:56 am, the Nifty was trading at 5,015, up 29 points and the Sensex was at 16,781, up 89 points. The CNX Midcap Index gained 39 points to 7,264, as about 600 shares advanced while 100 shares declined on the NSE.
Among the frontliners, ICICI Bank, Infosys, Suzlon, NTPC, Reliance Power, SAIL and Unitech were gainers in early trade. However, ITC, Grasim, ONGC and HUL fell.
Midcap & Smallcap space:
The twin open offer for Great Offshore closed yesterday. Sources told CNBC-TV18 that Bharati Shipyard's offer was successful. Bharati has received 1.02 crore shares in the open offer, which account for 27.56% of the equity. Bharati’s stake in Great Offshore will go up to 43% through this exercise.
The other bidder, ABG Shipyard, which dropped out of the race the day before the open offer opened by selling almost its entire stake, said it would retain its stake if it gets less than 5% but sell the stake in case the open offer garners more than 5%.
Great Offshore rose 3%. Bharati Shipyard was up 2% and ABG Shipyard up 1%.
3i Infotech and Orchid Chemical gained 1-3%
Hotel Leela gained 3% as there were reports that Hotel Leela Venture promoters are raising stake in company to 55% via creeping acquisition.
Yes Bank, IDBI Bank and PTC India went up 1-2%.
ITI rose 4% and Nelco gained 5%. Easun Reyrolle shot up 6%.
However, STC India lost 1% and Havells down 1%.
Global cues:
Asian markets were trading higher. Shanghai, Straits Times and Taiwan were up 0.4-0.5%. Kospi, Hang Seng and Jakarta were flat. Nikkei was shut today.
The US markets ended higher after positive home sales data and shrugged off lower GDP (gross domestic product) data. The S&P 500 hit a fresh 52-week high at 1,120.27 during the day.
The Dow Jones industrial Average ended up 51 points at 10,465. The Nasdaq Composite rose 15 points at 2,253 and the S&P 500 was up 4 points at 1,118.
US 3Q Final GDP was up 2.2% against preliminary GDP at 2.8% & advance estimate of 3.5%.
Existing home sales rose 7.4% in November to 6.54 million units against expected 6.25 million units.
Commodities:
Crude oil was up $1 at $74.5/bbl. OPEC decided to leave output levels unchanged.
February Gold was down 0.8% at $1086.7/ounce.
March silver was down 0.3% at $17.93/ounce.
Baltic Dry Index was down 2.9%.
Market cues:
-FIIs net sell USD 55.2 million on December 21
-Total F&O Open Int up by Rs 1070 crore at Rs 1,16,909 crore
-FIIs net sell Rs 110 crore in cash on December 22 (prov)
-DIIs net buy Rs 510.6 crore in cash on December 22 (prov)
-FIIs net buy Rs 1197 crore in F&O on December 22
F&O cues:
-Total Futures Open Int up by Rs 543 crore, Total Options Open Int up by Rs 527 crore
-Nifty up 0.7%, Futures Open Int down by 1.5%
-Nifty Dec futures trading at 5 pt premium versus 4 pt discount
-Nifty Open Int PCR at 1.15 versus 1.12
-Nifty Calls shed 4.8 lakh shares, Nifty Puts add 13.8 lakh shares
-Nifty 4900 Dec Put adds 8.5 lakh shares
-Nifty 5000 Dec Call adds 3.8 lakh shares
-Nifty 5000 Dec Put adds 3.9 lakh shares in Open Int (Had shed 9.2 lakh shares on Monday)
-Nifty 5700 March Call adds 2 lakh shares
-Stock futures add 2 crore shares in Open Int
-FIIs net buy Rs 421 crore in Nifty Futures on December 22
-Nifty Futures Open Int down by 3688 contracts on December 22
-FIIs net buy Rs 234 crore in Nifty Options on December 22
-Nifty Options Open Int up by 1715 contracts on December 22
-FIIs net buy Rs 542 crore in Stock futures on December 22
-Stock Futures Open Int down by 1283 contracts on December 22
-FIIs net sell Rs 1 crore in Stock Options on December 22
-FII contribution to total F&O turnover at 22.1% versus 16.8% on Friday