Nifty holds above 11,050 in flat trade; metal stocks under pressure

Market Opens: It is a firm start for the Indian indices on Thursday with Nifty trading above 11,050 level.

The Sensex is up 45.83 points at 36681.93, while Nifty is up 4.40 points at 11057.40. About 557 shares have advanced, 285 shares declined, and 45 shares are unchanged. 

IndusInd Bank, Power Grid, HPCL, IOC, BPCL, Tata Motors, Titan, Zee Ent, Gail, Bharti Airtel are some of the gainers in the early trading session, while losers include Biocon, Indiabulls Housing, Tata Steel, Vendata, JSW Steel.

Among the sectoral indices, metal index is under pressure with 1 percent cut, followed by auto, pharma and PSU Bank, while some buying is seen in the energy, infra, FMCG and IT.

Rupee Opens: The Indian rupee gained in the early trade on Thursday. It opened higher by 20 paise at 70.08 per dollar versus previous close 70.28.

Source:https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/stock-market-live-updates-bse-nse-nifty-holds-above-11050-in-flat-trade-metal-stocks-under-pressure-3616981.html

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Closing Bell: Nifty ends above 11,050, Sensex up 193 points; Dilip Buildcon gains 14%

Market at close: Benchmark indices ended higher for the third consecutive day with Nifty finished above 11,050.

The Sensex was up 193.56 points at 36636.10, while Nifty was up 65.50 points at 11053. About 1636 shares have advanced, 1025 shares declined, and 147 shares are unchanged. 

BPCL, Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries, Vedanta, Power Grid Corp and Bharti Infratel were among major gainers on the indices, while Tata Motors, Axis Bank, HUL, Hero Motocorp, HCL Tech, Zee Entertainment and Indiabulls Housing were on the losing side. 

Among the sectors, except auto all other indices ended in green led by energy, pharma, infra and metal.

Source:https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/closing-bell-nifty-ends-above-11050-sensex-up-193-points-dilip-buildcon-gains-14-3612041.html

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Aluminium futures slip 0.31% on muted demand

Aluminium prices fell 0.31 percent to Rs 145.20 per kg in futures trade on Wednesday as speculators cut down their positions, taking negative cues from the spot market on muted demand.

At the Multi Commodity Exchange, aluminium for delivery in March declined by 45 paise, or 0.31 percent, to Rs 145.20 per kg in a business turnover of 2,284 lots.

Likewise, the metal for delivery in April fell by 60 paise, or 0.41 percent, to Rs 145.35 per kg in 137 lots.

Analysts said, cutting down of positions by traders owing to slackened demand from consuming industries in the physical market weighed on aluminium prices in futures trade.

Source:https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/aluminium-futures-slip-0-31-on-muted-demand-3614381.html

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Sensex gains 150 pts, Nifty around 11,050; Wipro, ITC in focus

Market Opens: It is strong start for the benchmark indices on Wednesday with Nifty opens above 11,000 level.

The Sensex is up 158.64 points at 36601.18, while Nifty is up 47.10 points at 11034.60. About 777 shares have advanced, 146 shares declined, and 43 shares are unchanged 

Wipro, Indiabulls Housing, L&T, HPCL, BPCL, ITC, Vedanta, Grasim, DHFL, are the top gainers on the indices, while losers are Bharat Forge, Reliance Capital 

All the sectoral indices are trading green, while midcap and smallcap also up 0.6 percent.

Source:https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/stock-market-live-updates-bse-nse-sensex-gains-150-pts-nifty-around-11050-wipro-itc-in-focus-3612041.html

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Closing Bell: Nifty ends 124 pts higher, Sensex up 378 pts; auto stocks biggest gainers

Market at close: It is a strong close for benchmark indices on first day of the week as market was shut on Monday on account of Mahashivratri. 

The Sensex was up 378.73 points at 36442.54, while Nifty was up 124.00 points at 10987.50. About 2118 shares have advanced, 568 shares declined, and 152 shares are unchanged. 

Indiabulls Housing, Eicher Motors, Tata Motors, HPCL and BPCL were the top gainers on the Nifty, while losers were Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, HUL and Cipla.

Midcap and smallcap gained 2-3 percent, respectively. Among the sectors, auto, metal and PSU bank indices led with 2-3 percent gain followed by energy, infra and pharma, while IT index lost over 1 percent.

Rupee gains further: The Indian rupee is trading higher by 43 paise at 70.48 per dollar versus Friday's close 70.91.

Source:https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/closing-bell-nifty-ends-124-pts-higher-sensex-up-378-pts-auto-stocks-biggest-gainers-3607341.html

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Oil falls on weak demand growth outlook; OPEC-led cuts support

Oil prices fell on Tuesday as markets eyed only modest prospects for growth in fuel demand, although OPEC-led efforts to cut output still offered some support.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures were at $56.30 per barrel at 0210 GMT, down 29 cents, or 0.5 percent, from their last settlement.

Brent crude futures were at $65.36 per barrel, down 31 cents, or 0.5 percent.

"Near term ... it is hard to get very bullish on oil prices. The market is still working off the surpluses built in H2 2018, keeping OECD commercial inventories stuck above the five-year average," said energy analysts at economic research firm TS Lombard.

And despite optimism that the United States and China will soon end their bitter trade disputes, oil demand growth has been slowing along with an economic slowdown especially in Europe and Asia.

Meanwhile, fuel efficiency is improving, denting demand growth.

"2018 was the weakest (refined product) demand growth year since 2011," Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a note.

To prop up the market, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has led efforts since the start of the year to withhold around 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) of supply.

The group was due to decide in April whether to continue withholding supply, but OPEC sources said this week a decision would likely be delayed until June, meaning cuts will continue at least until then.

The OPEC-led supply cuts, as well as U.S. sanctions against its members Iran and Venezuela, come at the same time as U.S. crude output chases ever new records, rising by more than 2 million barrels per day (bpd) since early 2018 and above 12 million bpd for the first time in February.

The cuts to OPEC supply have pushed up the Brent international crude price benchmark due to a shortage of the heavy crudes that OPEC mostly produces. At the same time, the surge in U.S. output is weighing down U.S. WTI prices as there is ample supply of America's mainly light crudes.

Because of this, energy researchers at TS Lombard said "the Brent-WTI spread can be expected to stay wide."

WTI's front-month price spread to Brent has declined from near parity in 2016 to an average discount of $8.50 per barrel since the start of 2019.

During the same time, U.S. crude output has risen by almost 3 million bpd.

Source:https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/markets/oil-falls-on-weak-demand-growth-outlook-opec-led-cuts-support-3607431.html

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