Thursday, 3 September 2015

Sensex, Nifty, Midcap climb 1%; Ambuja Cements top gainer



Ambuja Cements topped the buying list on Nifty, up over 4 percent after Nomura upgraded the stock to buy with target price of Rs 253 per share. It believes cement demand growth in non-south regions is likely to be strong.Equity benchmarks continued to see short covering and little bit of value buying as well. The 30-share BSE Sensex gained 263.71 points or 1.04 percent at 25717.27 and the 50-share NSE Nifty climbed 89.60 points or 1.16 percent to 7806.60, led by banking & financials, capital goods, auto and metal stocks.

The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices rallied too, up over 1.2 percent in noon trade. The market breadth remained positive as about 1600 shares have advanced against 660 shares declined on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

There has been calm across Asia, as China and Hong Kong markets shut today. Japan's Nikkei gained 0.5 percent while Straits Times and Taiwan Weighted rose 0.8 percent each. European markets are likely to open higher ahead of the ECB policy decision due later today.

Investor, Marc Faber said data suggests economic growth in China is worse than 4 percent. He expects volatility in global markets to continue for next 6 months. On India, he said an economic slowdown in China will definitely impact India.

Ambuja Cements topped the buying list on Nifty, up over 4 percent after Nomura upgraded the stock to buy with target price of Rs 253 per share. It believes cement demand growth in non-south regions is likely to be strong.

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