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SME Times News Bureau | 15 Nov, 2018
Healthy foreign fund inflows along with low crude oil prices and a
strengthened rupee guided the key Indian equity indices to close
Thursday's trade session on a positive note.
In addition, broadly positive global stock markets enhanced investors' risk-taking appetite.
Sector-wise,
healthy buying was witnessed in finance, banking and realty stocks,
whereas the BSE Telecom index lost 1.16 per cent, the most among all the
19 sectors on BSE.
Selling pressure in telecom sector was due to
the heavy loss reported by country's largest telecom operator, Vodafone
Idea, for the quarter ended September.
In its first quarterly
results after the merger in August, the company reported a consolidated
net loss of Rs 4,973.8 crore during the July-September period.
Consequently,
the S&P BSE Sensex closed 118.55 points or 0.34 per cent higher, at
35,260.54 points. It had opened at 35,145.75 points from its previous
close of 35,141.99 points.
It touched an intra-day high of 35,402 and a low of 35,118.42.
The NSE Nifty50 closed 40.40 points higher or 0.38 per cent at 10,616.70 points.
"Most
Asian shares were trading higher after an improvement in market risk
sentiment following British Prime Minister Theresa May's statement that
she had obtained enough support for her proposed Brexit deal to move
forward," said Abhijeet Dey, Senior Fund Manager-Equities, BNP Paribas
Mutual Fund.
According to HDFC Securities' Retail Research Head,
Deepak Jasani: "Technically, the short-term trend of Nifty continues to
be a choppy, below the key overhead resistance of 10,650. A sustainable
move above 10,650 levels could have a further positive impact on the
Nifty ahead. Immediate support is now placed at 10,560 levels."
"Major Asian markets have closed on a positive note, barring the Nikkei Index."
The day's gains were attributed to healthy foreign fund inflows which touched a three-month high.
"Healthy
buying in FII (Foreign Institutional Investors) had started in debt
segment and today a healthy buying was seen in the equity segment owing
to the falling crude oil prices and a recovery in rupee," Jasani told
IANS.
The provisional data with the exchanges showed that
foreign institutional investors bought stocks worth Rs 2,043.06 crore on
Thursday while the domestic institutional investors sold scrips worth
Rs 165.31 crore.
The healthy fund influx strengthened the Indian rupee to 71.98 to a US dollar from its previous close of 72.31.
Besides, Brent crude oil price remianed subdued at over $66 per barrel.
The
top gainers on the Sensex were led by Adani Ports, up 4.19 per cent at
Rs 345.30; Kotak Mahindra Banks, up 2.93 per cent at Rs 1,162.65; Hero
MotoCorps, up 2.20 per cent at Rs 2,917.20; Axis Bank, up 2.11 per cent
at Rs 625.65; and Tata Motors, up 1.78 per cent at Rs 179.95 a share.
Private
lender Yes Bank lost the most after its non-executive independent
part-time Chairman Ashok Chawla had resigned on Wednesday.
The
laggards were Yes Bank, down 7.42 per cent at Rs 206; NTPC, down 2.16
per cent at Rs 153.90; ONGC, down 1.15 per cent at Rs 158.90; SunPharma,
down 1.04 per cent at Rs 514.95, and Coal India down 0.96 per cent at
Rs 263.05 per share.
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Customs Exchange Rates |
Currency |
Import |
Export |
US Dollar
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66.20
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64.50 |
UK Pound
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87.50
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84.65 |
Euro
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78.25
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75.65 |
Japanese
Yen |
58.85 |
56.85 |
As on 13 Aug, 2022 |
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