Special Report 07-Aug-2018
Global markets at a glance The three major US stock indexes closed higher on Monday as investors applauded a strong US earnings season with results from Berkshire Hathaway impressing and Facebook lifting Nasdaq after a report it was planning new services.The S&P edged closer to a record hit on January 26, closing within a percentage point of the all-time high for the first time since the current correction began.Investors were focused on robust corporate earnings and shrugged off worries about US tensions with countries including China and Iran.ranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed a US call for talks on Monday, hours before Washington was due to impose new sanctions following Trump's decision to pull out of a 2015 agreement over Iran's nuclear programme.Also Kristina Hooper, global market strategist at Invesco in New York, said there were some signs China is "hunkering down and getting ready for a significant trade war• and that the impact could be more far-reaching than previously assumed.•Chinese state media on Monday lambasted US President Donald Trump's trade policies in an unusually personal attack, and sought to reassure investors anxious about China's economy as growth concerns battered its financial markets. Asian stocks were largely steady on Tuesday, with worries over the US-China trade conflict offsetting support from earnings-led gains on Wall Street.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was almost flat.Australian stocks dipped 0.2 percent. Previous day Roundup The Nifty 50 opened above the 11,400-level for the first time and maintained positive momentum throughout the session on August 6. However, it failed to hold on to opening levels, forming a small bearish candle in intraday trade, resembling a Spinning Top kind of a pattern on daily charts. The Nifty index opened the gap up and made a new life time high of 11,428 by surpassing recent high of 11,390 levels. However, it failed to hold half of the gains and witnessed some profit booking to decline from higher levels.The Nifty 50 after opening at 11,401.50 gained more strength to touch an intraday record high of 11,427.65, but it wiped out some gains in afternoon trade to hit the day's low of 11,370.60. The index closed 26.30 points higher at 11,387.10. Index stats The Market was very volatile in last session. The sartorial in dices performed as follow; Commodities[18.05pts], Consumption[5.10pts],PSE[4.40pts],CPSE[1.60pts],Energy [113.30pts],FMCG[-202.95pts],Auto[47.50pts],Pharma[92.15pts],IT[-43.50pts],Metal[24.85pts],Realty[ -1.60 pts], Fin Serv sector[63.05pts].
World Indices Index
Value
% Change
25,462.58
0.54
S&P500
2,826.75
0.06
NASDAQ FTSE100
7,413.50 7,659.10
0.16
22,561.23 27,867.39
0.16 0.69
DJI
NIKKEI HANG SENG
1.09
Top Gainers Company
CMP
Change
% Chg
Axis Bank
574.75
27.50
5.03
Vedanta
222.40
8.25
3.85
Yes Bank
373.20
11.40
3.15
GAIL
388.20
10.55
2.79
Lupin
886.00
21.15
2.45
CMP
Change
% Chg
Tech Mahindra Tata Motors Grasim Asian Paints
662.75 258.45 1,006.20 1,411.85
-6.25 -2.40 -8.00 -6.55
-0.93 -0.92 -0.79 -0.46
Hero Motocorp
3,250.55
-13.15
-0.40
Top Losers Company
Stocks at 52 Week’s HIGH Symbol
Prev. Close
Change
%Chg
8071
64
0.79
170.95
9.6
5.62
ADANIGREEN
69.85
3.45
4.94
APLLTD
589.5
4.5
0.76
BALAXI
17.85
0.85
4.76
ABBOTINDIA ABFRL
Stocks at 52 Week’s LOW Symbol
ABGSHIP AMTEKAUTO ANKITMETAL BSLIMITED DBCORP
Prev. Close
Change
%Chg
5.3 7.1 0.6 0.4 235.2
-0.15 0.35 -0.05 0.05 0.35
-2.83 4.93 -9.09 12.5 0.15
Indian Indices Company
CMP
Change
% Chg
NIFTY
11387.10
26.30
0.23
SENSEX
37691.89
135.73
0.36
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