Sensex,
Nifty end flat because ahead of F&O
expiry ,banks lead gainers Banking majors like HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank
and State Bank of India rallied 1-2 percent ahead of RBI policy meet (on June
2). Reuter’s poll indicated that the RBI may cut repo rate by 25 basis points
to 7.25 percent. It was a consolidation day for the market on Wednesday
ahead of expiry of May derivative contracts (on Thursday) and after seeing
sell-off in previous two sessions. Banks were the lead gainers today followed
by FMCG, capital goods and oil stocks. The 30-share BSE Sensex gained 33.25
points at 27564 while the Nifty declined 4.75 points to 8334 after hitting an
intraday low of 8277. And Wockhardt rose over 11 percent intraday on Wednesday.
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completed inspection of the drug
manufacture’s Waluj facility yesterday. and Tata Motors fell
7 percent intraday on Wednesday after its March quarter earnings. Its Q4 profit
plunged 56.2 percent year-on-year to Rs 1,716.5 crore, impacted by higher
depreciation and marked-to-market un-matured hedges. Shares of Tech
Mahindra tanked 14 percent intraday on Wednesday after its disappointing March
quarter earnings was announced.
TODAY RESULTS
TODAY RESULTS
GAIL
falls by 1.6%. and Q4 profit falls 16% to Rs 510.75 cr GAIL India missed street
expectations on Wednesday with the fourth quarter net profit declining 16
percent sequentially to Rs 510.75 crore, impacted by higher other expenses and
loss at petrochemicals division. Total income from operations slipped
4.7 percent to Rs 14,270.62 crore during January-March quarter compared to Rs
14,969.41 crore in December quarter, said the country's largest gas
transmission and marketing company in its filing. Profit was estimated at Rs
667.7 crore on revenue of Rs 14,154.8 crore for the quarter. Top gainers and
losers are: