>MARKET PLOTTER (EDELWEISS)

Connecting the dots…

■ The bears seem to have extended their weekend by another day, as the Nifty rallied 2.3% through the session. The market opened with a 40 point gap up and continued its trajectory upwards closing at 4788 by the end of the day

■ Nifty outperformed most of the prominent Asian indices such as Hang Seng and Shanghai, which were up 1.5% and 0.7% respectively. Consumer discretionary and Information technology were the outperforming sectors in the Hang Seng

■ In the Nifty, the advance decline ratio was ~9:1, with the likes of Tata Motors and Unitech gaining ~11.4% and 7.7% respectively. M&M and ITC were two of the five Nifty losers, correcting ~1.2% and ~0.9% respectively. Industrials led the day, with the sector gaining 3.9% today

■ In the F&O universe, Bhusan Steel (up 15%) and IOC (up 9%) were the biggest gainers, while PFC (down 1.6%) and Pantaloons (down 1.3%) were few of the bigger losers

■ Cash markets (NSE) witnessed INR 174,456mn worth of trading, while the NSE F&O segment saw trading worth INR 574,908mn

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