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Saturday, May 23, 2009

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Sensex rises most in a week in 17 years


Manmohan Singh was sworn in as the prime minister for a second term, along with his new cabinet and the outlook for the market would depend on how quickly they are able to push asset sales in state firms, ease rules for foreign investment and boost sagging growth.

Some analysts believe the market is overbought after it leapt more than 17 per cent at the start of the week following the unexpectedly easy election win. The BSE index has risen 73 per cent from a 2009 low in early March and has climbed for 11 weeks in a row in the longest winning streak in four years.

"Valuations have become high, but people are buying because they may be left out otherwise," D.D. Sharma, vice president at Anand Rathi Securities, said.

The BSE index ended up 150.61 points at 13,887.15, with gainers and losers evenly matched. Trading was choppy with the index falling 0.9 per cent at one stage.

Brokerages and investment houses polled by Reuters expected the benchmark to reach 15,750 by the end of December, gaining another 13 per cent.

"There are so many desperate buyers because nobody is betting on the market going down. You will see people buying at every dip from now," Sharma said.

Energy giant Reliance Industries, private-sector lender ICICI Bank and infrastructure firm Larsen & Toubro led the market higher after a lower start.

Reliance, which has the biggest weight in the main index, rose 3.1 per cent to 2,183.10 rupees, while private-sector lender ICICI gained 4.5 per cent to 702.80 rupees.

Larsen & Toubro climbed 4.7 per cent to 1,301.40 rupees.

The market has largely been powered by foreign funds, which have pumped about $5 billion into the market in the past two months, including more than $1 billion in this week.

Outsourcers Tata Consultancy and Wipro, which get most of their revenue from overseas, fell about 2 per cent as the rupee climbed past 47 to a dollar to its highest since December.

The rupee is set to extend its gains in the remainder of 2009 after rising sharply this week following the ruling Congress-led coalition's decisive victory in the elections, a Reuters poll showed.

Asian shares eased after a drop on Wall Street overnight on fears the United States, with its increasing budget deficit and weakened economy could lose its AAA rating.

Japan's Nikkei dropped 0.4 per cent, while MSCI's measure of other Asian markets edged down 0.02 per cent.

European shares were higher after falling more than 2 per cent in the previous session. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was up 0.4 per cent at 1117 GMT.

ITC


ITC

Turnover declines


RIL, Reliance Capital May 2009 futures at premium

Nifty May 2009 futures were at 4248, at a premium of 9.50 points over the spot closing of 4238.50. Turnover in NSE's futures & options (F&O) segment declined to Rs 68152.6 crore from Rs 71702.09 crore on Thursday, 21 May 2009.

Reliance Industries (RIL) May 2009 futures were at a premium at Rs 2191.30 compared to the spot closing of Rs 2185.75.

Reliance Capital May 2009 futures were at premium at Rs 905.10 compared to the spot closing of Rs 903.30.

ICICI Bank May 2009 futures were at a discount at Rs 701.90 compared to the spot closing of Rs 702.65.

In the cash market, the S&P CNX Nifty rose 27.60 points or 0.66% at 4238.50.