For Quick Alerts
Subscribe Now  
For Quick Alerts
ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS  
For Daily Alerts

Markets marginally lower in noon trade; eye expiry

 Markets marginally lower in noon trade; eye expiry
Markets were trading marginally lower in noon trade with the Sensex down 61 points at 17,429 points and the Nifty dropping 14 points.

Metals stocks which were hammered in morning trade recovered lost ground with Sterlite Industries, Hindalco and Sesa Goa all trading in the green, while Jindal Steel was trading lower. .

Stocks that lost ground in trade were Tata Consultancy Services, GAIL and HDFC. In fact, on Wednesday Tata Consultancy had surged to a 52-week high and today the stock came in for some profit booking.

Orchid Chemicals continued to trade up and was 2% higher after the company sold its Penicillin and Penem active pharma ingredient (API), including its plant in Aurangabad, to US-based Hospira.

HeroMotor Corp continued to lose ground in morning trade, with the stock trading down 1.5% at 12 noon. Banking shares continued to trade lower with Axis Bank, State Bank of India and ICICI Bank all in the red.

Meanwhile, markets in Europe that are slated to open at 12.30 PM IST, are expected to open lower by at least 0.50%. Markets across the globe are eagerly awaiting a speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for possible hopes of Monetary Easing.

GoodReturns.in

Story first published: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 12:01 [IST]
Read more about: sensex nifty

Advertisement

Get Instant News Updates
Enable
x
Notification Settings X
Time Settings
Done
Clear Notification X
Do you want to clear all the notifications from your inbox?
Settings X