Nifty & Sensex closed with .9% loss : Zee, Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints, Tata Motors Down, Indusind Up

As I said in the morning post both Nifty and Sensex lost their steam by afternoon and closed in red with loosing almost .9%. Stocks like Zeel, Bajaj Finance, Tata Motors and Hcl Technologies dropped more than 3% while Indusind bank closed with 4.5% gains which actually held the market today with vedanta, jsw steel and hindalco with 2%+ gains else the fall would have been more steep.

Gainers : INDUSINDBK (4.5%), VEDL (2.7%), JSWSTEEL (2.3%), HINDALCO (2.0%), DRREDDY (1.7%), SBIN (1.6%), HINDUNILVR (1.3%), ITC (1.1%), TATASTEEL (1.1%), IOC (0.8%), HDFCBANK (0.5%), SUNPHARMA (0.5%), BAJAJ-AUTO (0.4%)

Losers : ZEEL (-4.6%), BAJFINANCE (-4.6%), ASIANPAINT (-3.3%), TATAMOTORS (-3.2%), HCLTECH (-3.0%), BAJAJFINSV (-2.8%), MARUTI (-2.8%), EICHERMOT (-2.6%), INFY (-2.5%), TITAN (-2.4%), POWERGRID (-2.2%), GRASIM (-2.2%), TCS (-2.2%), ICICIBANK (-2.0%), ULTRACEMCO (-1.9%)

INDUSINDBK (152.7%) was the major volume gainer in the index followed by SBIN (93.8%), JSWSTEEL (82.8%) and NTPC (58.9%) with more than 50% extra volume than usual. Other major volume gainers are TATASTEEL (45.5%), BAJFINANCE (45.4%), DRREDDY (34.1%), BAJAJ-AUTO (28.8%), NESTLEIND (23.1%) etc

Major Recoveries Today : INDUSINDBK (3.4%), HINDUNILVR (2.7%), JSWSTEEL (2.3%), VEDL (2.3%), HINDALCO (2.0%), SBIN (1.8%), BAJAJ-AUTO (1.6%), DRREDDY (1.5%), TATAMOTORS (1.3%), BRITANNIA (1.3%)

Major Drops Today : ZEEL (-6.6%), BAJFINANCE (-6.6%), INDUSINDBK (-5.0%), TATAMOTORS (-5.0%), UPL (-4.4%), BAJAJFINSV (-4.3%), ASIANPAINT (-4.3%), AXISBANK (-3.9%), TITAN (-3.7%), TATASTEEL (-3.7%), GRASIM (-3.6%), EICHERMOT (-3.5%), HCLTECH (-3.5%), JSWSTEEL (-3.4%), VEDL (-3.4%). Many index stocks dropped more than 3% from respective day’s high values today like Zee and Bajaj Finance crashed more than 6% from their respective intra day highs.