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Its a rather somber end to the market on the last trading session of 2018. Mixed Asian and European cues kept the market in check. The Nifty ended 2018 below 10,900.
Weakness was visible among index heavyweights, which dragged the indices. Meanwhile, among sectors, auto, metals and pharmaceuticals were all trading in the green
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At the close of market hours, the Sensex was down 8.39 points or 0.02% at 36068.33, and the Nifty up 2.60 points or 0.02% at 10862.50. The market breadth was narrow as 1495 shares advanced, against a decline of 1095 shares, while 164 shares were unchanged.
Tata Steel, Vedanta, and JSW Steel were the top gainers, while Hero MotoCorp, Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel and Bharti Infratel lost the most.
HEADLINES OF THE DAY
Bharat Financial Inclusion gained 1 percent and CreditAccess Grameen rallied 3 percent intraday Monday after the completion of direct assignment transaction.
State-run BHEL said it has bagged an order worth Rs 3,500 crore for setting up a 660 MW supercritical thermal power plant in West Bengal.
DCB Bank advanced a percent after CRISIL upgraded its credit rating to AA-/Stable from A+/Stable for the Basel III Complaint Tier II bonds programme of Rs 150 crore by the bank.
Cadila Healthcare shares gained 1.5 percent intraday after Zydus received approval from the US health regulator for anti-acne drug.
Reliance Communications and Reliance Jio announced that they have extended the terms of an agreement for sale of wireless assets of the Anil Ambani owned firm.
The crucial resistance for Nifty spot is now seen at 10960 and above this 11120 Support for the immediate term is now placed at 10710 next support will be 10550.
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