BSE Sensex turns flat after opening over 120 points up
The BSE Sensex has turned flat after opening over 120 points up in morning trade on Monday. Sensex had surged by nearly 130 points in early trade on continued buying by investors amid hopes of rate cut by the Reserve Bank after weak IIP numbers. Nifty recaptured the 8,400-mark by rising 44.25 points, or 0.52 per cent, at 8,404.80.
At 10.13 am, Sensex was up 13.92 points at 27,675.32. Similarly, Nifty was up 4.45 points at 8,365.00 during the same time.
9.30 am: Sensex up 56.59 points at 27,717.99. Nifty was up 15.40 up at 8,375.95 during the same time.
9.18 am: Sensex was up 85.15 points up at 27,746.55. Nifty was up 31.00 points at 8,391.55 during the same time.
A higher trend at other Asian markets as investors await developments in last-ditch talks aimed at a new bailout deal for Greece, influenced sentiment, brokers said.
Growth in industrial production in May slowed to 2.7 per cent from 5.6 per cent a year ago, dragged down by manufacturing, strengthening the case for an RBI rate cut, triggering buying by participants.
Among other Asian markets, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 0.19 per cent, Japan’s Nikkei gained 1.17 per cent and the Shanghai Composite Index rose 2.28 per cent.
The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended 1.21 per cent higher in Friday’s trade.