BCN-36 Sensex, Nifty back in green, all eyes on macro data

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Sensex, Nifty back in green, all eyes on macro data

Mumbai, Sep 12, 2018 (BSS/PTI) – The BSE benchmark Sensex recovered by
over 100 points and the NSE Nifty reclaimed the 11,300-mark in opening trade
Wednesday following fresh purchases made by domestic investors ahead of key
macroeconomic data to be released later in the day.

However, a weakening trend on other Asian bourses on worries over lingering
trade conflict between the US and China forced investors to adopt a cautious
approach here.

The 30-share Sensex was up 133.29 points, or 0.35 per cent, at 37,546.42
with sectoral indices led by FMCG, power, IT, teck, infrastructure and PSU
stocks trading in the positive zone.

The gauge had plunged 976.69 points in the previous two sessions as global
trade war tensions rattled investor sentiment.

Also, the NSE Nifty was trading higher by 52.60 points, or 0.46 per cent,
at 11,340.10.

Brokers said that building up of positions by domestic institutional
investors (DIIs) ahead of index of industrial production (IIP) for July and
inflation data for August — to be released later in the day — too impacted
investor sentiment.

In the Sensex kitty, PowerGrid emerged as top gainer surging by 2.76 per
cent, followed by ITC, ONGC, Adani Ports, HUL and Coal India.

Others that also supported the key indices include M&M, Infosys, Wipro,
Vedanta, HDFC, TCS and Kotak Bank, which rose up to 1.51 per cent.

Elsewhere in Asia, Japan’s Nikkei was down 0.41 per cent and Shanghai
Composite Index shed 0.34 per cent in their early trading. Hong Kong’s Hang
Seng too fell by 0.46 per cent.

The US Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 0.44 per cent in Tuesday’s
trade.

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