Mumbai
Negative cues from the global markets and heavy selling by foreign
institutional investors led the Indian market to suffer losses for
the third straight week.
Volatility was high in the truncated week, which had only three
trading sessions. The market remained closed from March 20 to March
21 on account of Id-e-Milad and Good Friday.
The BSE Sensex lost 765.69 points or 4.85 percent to 14,994.83 in
the week ended Wednesday. The S&P CNX Nifty slipped 171.85 points or
3.62 percent to 4573.95 in the week.
The BSE Mid-Cap index lost 619.35 points or 9.40 percent to 5,964.10
for the week. The BSE Small-Cap index slumped 857.30 points or 10.61
percent to 7,222.20 in the week.
Trading for the week began on a bearish note as global markets
suffered setback with the benchmark index BSE Sensex posting its
biggest ever single-day point fall Monday.
Sensex lost 951.03 points or 6.03 percent at 14,809.49 and the
broader based S&P CNX Nifty tumbled 242.70 points or 5.11 percent at
4,503.10 on that day.
On Tuesday, the market registered small gains in highly choppy
trade. The 30-share BSE Sensex rose 23.97 points or 0.16 percent at
14,833.46 and the broader based S&P CNX Nifty ended up 29.9 points
or 0.66 percent at 4,533.
The market pared most of its early gains Wednesday, as selling
pressure emerged at higher levels. The market registered modest
gains on that day.
The 30-share BSE Sensex rose 161.37 points or 1.09 percent at
14,994.83. The broader based S&P CNX Nifty was up 40.95 points or
0.90 percent at 4,573.95.
The market rose as fears of a global turmoil in credit markets eased
after a steep 0.75 percent interest rate cut by the US Federal
Reserve and following better-than-expected results from two major
investment banks - Goldman Sachs Group and Lehman Brothers Holdings.
India's largest private sector company in terms of market
capitalisation Reliance Industries declined 9.14 percent to Rs
2,159.05 in the week.
India's second largest power utility by revenue Reliance Energy
(REL) tumbled 9.17 percent to Rs 1207.50 in the week.
On the global front, JPMorgan said Sunday it would buy Bear Stearns
in an all-stock deal, and that the Fed would fund up to $30 billion
of Bear Stearns' less liquid assets.
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