Nifty Sensex Closed Upwards, Checkout the News and Major Gainers and Losers - 05 May 2014

European stocks slipped in thin trade after soft Chinese manufacturing data, while simmering tensions in Ukraine underpinned safe-haven government bonds and gold.
Portuguese bond yields edged to eight-year lows after Lisbon said on Sunday the country would make a clean exit from its bailout later this month.

Volumes were thinned by the closure of markets in London and Tokyo for public holidays.

The market snapped 5-day fall and rallied a bit intraday. After much of a struggle to hold 6700, the Nifty closed below it marginally. The Nifty ended the day at 6699.35, up 4.55 points while Sensex was up 41.23 points at 22445.12.

About 1218 shares advanced, 1493 shares declined, and 135 shares were unchanged.
Metals and capital goods stocks dragged while IT stocks were under selling pressure.
HDFC, Cipla, Tata Power, Bharti Airtel and Infosys dragged the indices while Hindalco was up 4 percent. Other major gainers in the Sensex were ONGC, Reliance, Tata Steel and L&T.
State-owned Canara Bank recorded 15.8 percent decline in net profit at Rs 610.83 crore for the fourth quarter ended March, 2014.

The Bangalore-based lender had a net profit of Rs 725.38 crore in the January-March quarter of 2012-13 fiscal, Canara Bank said in a filing to the BSE.

Total income of the bank increased to Rs 11,609.72 crore in the January March quarter, as against Rs 9,471.57 crore in the year-ago period.

For the entire 2013-14, the bank's net profit slipped by 15.1 percent to Rs 2,438.19 crore, compared to Rs 2,872.10 crore in the previous fiscal.


BSE Up at 22,445.12, NSE Up at 6,699.35

BSE Top Gainers:

Hindalco, ONGC, Reliance, Tata Steel, 
Larsen, Axis Bank, ITC, Maruti Suzuki, 
Bajaj Auto, GAIL, Hero Motocorp, Coal India, M&M, TCS, ICICI Bank, Sesa Sterlite, 
HDFC Bank

BSE Top Gainer Among All Stocks:

Hindalco

Volume Traded : 1448427  shares

BSE Top Losers:
HDFC, Cipla, Tata Power, Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Wipro, BHEL, HUL, Sun Pharma, 
NTPC, Dr Reddys Labs, Tata Motors, SBI

NSE Top Gainers:

Hindalco, Reliance, Jindal Steel, Tata Steel, ONGC, Larsen, Asian Paints, Axis Bank, ITC, 
PNB, BPCL, Bank of Baroda, IndusInd Bank, Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj Auto, Kotak Mahindra, 
Power Grid Corp, Hero Motocorp, Coal India, Grasim, Ambuja Cements, TCS, GAIL, 
M&M

NSE Top Gainer Among All Stocks:

Hindalco

Volume Traded :  9715098 shares

NSE Top Losers:
HCL Tech, HDFC, Cipla, Tata Power, NMDC, Bharti Airtel, Wipro, Infosys, BHEL, Lupin, 
Tech Mahindra, HUL, IDFC, ACC, DLF, Sun Pharma, NTPC, United Spirits, Dr Reddys Labs, UltraTechCement, SBI, Sesa Sterlite, Tata Motors, HDFC Bank