Tuesday, April 29, 2008

RBI's Announcement

Markets have gained momentum after the announcement of RBI’s monetary policy. RBI has left repo rate unchanged and has hiked CRR by 25 bps to 8.25% from 8%. At 12:35 am (IST), the BSE 30-share Sensex is up 227 points at 17, 243 and NSE Nifty is up 58 points at 5, 147.
Banking stocks are trading higher. The BSE BANKEX is up by 2.6%. ICICI Bank has gained by over 3% to Rs923, SBI has surged by over 2.5% to Rs1,786, Bank of India is up by over 1.5% to Rs339 and Yes Bank has risen to Rs172 by over 2.5%.
Auto stocks are showing some strength with gains in stocks like M&M which has gained by over 1% to Rs643, Hero Honda which is up by 5.5% and Ashok Leyland which has surged by over 1.5% to Rs40.
Also, the realty sector is up by 1% with price increases in stocks like DLF which is up by over 3.5%, Parsvnath which has increased by over 2% and Unitech which has risen by over 2.5%.
Cairn India has risen by over 1.5% to Rs263 after the company announced its Q1 results with profit at Rs116cr (up 205%) and net sales at Rs316cr (34%). The scrip has touched an intra-day high of Rs265 and a low of Rs257 and has recorded volumes of over 31, 00, 000 shares on NSE

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