Monday, December 20, 2010

Nifty touches 6K; financials, metals, realty up

At 11:09 hours IST - the benchmark Nifty has touched the 6000 - psychologically important level - for the first time in nine sessions since December 8. The support was led by financial, metal, realty, auto (barring Hero Honda), capital goods, select power and healthcare companies' shares. Leading frontliners like Reliance Industries and Wipro were also on buyers' radar.

Gautam Shah, CMT and VP of Financial Services at JM Financial feels the markets are on track to test new highs and expects the markets to rally by 10-15% in early January 2011. "The November to January period has been traditionally good for the markets so expect a clean run in January," he said. Shah also sees a 10-15% upside in IT stocks from the current levels.

Asian markets were quite supportive today, which extended gains. Shanghai, Hang Seng and Nikkei jumped over 1%. Straits Times, Kospi and Taiwan gained 0.35-0.9%.
On the flip side, Sun Pharma and Hero Honda lost 2-2.5%. TCS, BPCL, NTPC, Infosys, ACC, Ambuja Cements and Suzlon were other losers.

The 30-share BSE Sensex rallied 195 points to 20,084 and the 50-share NSE Nifty rose 57 points to 6,004.

Lanco Infra went up 2% as the company received Rs 4,100 crore EPC contract from Moser-Baer arm.

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