Tag «2013»

14th May, 2013 : Market ends choppy session on a whimper

The equity market ended Tuesday with marginal gains after Monday’s profit booking. The indices, which opened with a positive gap, managed to build momentum in the first half of the day. However, it slipped from the day’s high after the wholesale inflation data for April trickled in. Market participants seemed to have already factored in …

AISI : Weekly Raw Steel Production – May 11, 2013

In the week ending May 11, 2013, domestic raw steel production was 1,881,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 78.5 percent. Production was 1,970,000 tons in the week ending May 11, 2012, while the capability utilization then was 79.2 percent. The current week production represents a 4.5 percent decrease from the same period …

13th May, 2013 : April deficit shocks, mkt shivers

After hitting a new calendar year high and surging past the 6100 mark in Saturday’s special trading session, profit-booking gripped the Nifty. It fell sharply in trade today registering its biggest intra-day percentage fall since May 8, 2012. Higher-than expected trade deficit numbers for April was all that the markets needed to free fall – …

3rd May, 2013 : Hawkish RBI; bearish market

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope — Martin Luther King, Jr. Some disappointment was always on the cards especially after the RBI released its Macroeconomic  and Monetary Developments report in 2012-13. Friday turned out to be more of a damp squib with the Reserve Bank of India turning out a token …

23rd April, 2013 : Market cautious ahead of expiry

After rallying for five straight trading sessions, the markets took a breather on Tuesday. After opening on a flat note, the markets remained under pressure throughout the day. However, a sudden bout of buying in the last hour of trade lifted the benchmark indices from the day’s lows. But it was barely sufficient for the …