indian stock futures nifty, bse Sensex january 20 2012

indian stock futures nifty, bse Sensex january 20 2012 ; The National Stock Exchange's Nifty shed intraday gains and slipped in the negative terrain as profit booking emerged following weakness in European markets. At 2:30 pm; the Nifty was at 5014.35, down 4.05 points or 0.08 per cent. The broader index touched a high of 5054.60 and low of 5007.40 intraday.

The Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex was at 16638.04, down 5.70 points or 0.03 per cent. The 30-share index touched a high of 16777.67 and low of 16631.63 in trade so far.


BSE Midcap Index was down 0.03 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 0.01 per cent higher.

Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE Bankex was up 2.20 per cent, BSE Power Index gained 0.11 per cent, BSE IT Index moved 0.06 per cent higher. BSE FMCG Index was down 1.80 per cent, BSE Metal Index declined 0.89 per cent and BSE Healthcare Index slipped 0.87 per cent.

Maruti Suzuki (-3.62%), ITC (-3.61%), Dr Reddy's Laboratories (-3.61%), M&M (-3.06%) and Coal India (-3%) were the major Nifty losers.

Bajaj Auto (5.26%), ICICI Bank (4.92%), Axis Bank (2.91%), Jindal Steel (2.85%) and Punjab National Bank (2.82%) were the major gainers.

ITC posted net profit of Rs 1700.98 crore for quarter ended December 31, 2011 as compared to Rs 1389.08 crore in the same period last fiscal. Total Income increased to Rs 6532.96 crore for December 2011 quarter as against Rs 5665.41 crore in the same quarter last fiscal. Market breadth was negative on the NSE with 642 gainers against 823 losers. For the latest updates on the stock market, visit Stock Market Today For the latest updates PRESS CTR + D or visit Stock Market news Today

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