FIIs were net sellers with the tune of ` 691.22 crore (prov. cash market fig).
The BSE 30-share Sensex was down 188.91 points or 0.97% to 19,262.54, its lowest closing level since 29 March 2011. The Sensex shed 208.86 points at the day's low of 19242.59 in late trade. The index fell 25.15 points at the day's high of 19,426.30 in morning trade. The S&P CNX Nifty was down 56.30 points or 0.96% to 5,785.70, its lowest closing level since 29 March 2011. The Nifty hit low of 5,777.90 in late trade. The BSE Mid-Cap index fell 0.7%. The BSE Small-Cap index also declined 0.71%. Both these indices outperformed the Sensex.
The market breadth was weak. On BSE, 1751 shares declined while 1138 shares advanced and a total of 85 shares remained unchanged.
Among the 30-member Sensex pack, 22 declined while the rest advanced. On the NSE, advances are at 398 against declines of 898.
BSE clocked turnover of ` 2536 crore, lower than ` 2588.21 crore on Friday, 8 April 2011.
FNO DATA:
- Nifty Call options of strike 5800 added open interest by 18498 lots while Put options of strike 5500 had a strong build up of 25695 lots.
- Nifty Put Call ratio stands at 1.30 with the total open interest in Call options at 1,133,284 lots and that in Put options at 1,471,212 lots.
- Volatility Index rose by 3.41% from 20.54 to 21.24.
FOR TODAY: After a long long time, FII was net seller in Indian Market on Monday. Nifty closed near the day’s low and appears set to move lower to 5720 level. A breach of 5700, which is also 200-days simple moving average, might take Nifty lower to 5620 and 5530 in near future. TODAY WATCH 5780/5800 ON THE UPSIDE AND 5752/5740/5700 ON THE DOWN SIDE.
"MORE CALLS"
"MORE CALLS"