The market is likely to stay range-bound amidst flat global cues. In absence of any near term major domestic trigger with Q4 March 2008 results almost over, market is likely to dance in line with global cues.
However in coming weeks, markemen would be eyeing two things. One would be progress of monsoon and second would be the advance tax figures.
Sentiment may stay cautious ahead of the impending decision on fuel prices.
Asian markets were trading mixed today, 2 June 2008. Hong Kong's Hang Seng (up 0.24% at 24,592.62), Taiwan Weighted (up 0.72% at 8,681.30), Singapore's Straits Times (up 0.03% at 3,193.55) and Japan's Nikkei (up 0.21% at 14,349.15) advanced.
However China's Shanghai Composite (down 0.21% at 3,426.27), Seoul Composite (down 0.27% at 1,847.0), declined
US markets closed mixed on Friday, 30 May 2008. Dell earnings were better than expectations and rebound in oil price led technology and energy shares higher. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 7.9 points to 12,638.32. However the technology-led Nasdaq Composite index gained 14.34 points to 2, 522.66.
Back home, the market posted decent gains on Friday, 30 May 2008, led by fall in global crude oil prices and strong Q4 GDP data. The 30-share BSE Sensex rose 99.31 points or 0.61% to 16,415.57 and the broader based S&P CNX Nifty rose 34.8 points or 0.72% at 4870.10, on that day.
The BSE Sensex declined 234.07 points or 1.41% to 16,415.57 in the week ended Friday, 30 May 2008. S&P CNX Nifty lost 76.45 points or 1.54% to 4,870.10 in the week.
As per provisional data, foreign funds purchased shares worth a net Rs 106.37 crore on Friday, 30 May 2008. Domestic funds bought shares worth a net Rs 729.93 crore on that day.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net buyers of Rs 333.22 crore in the futures & options segment on Friday, 30 May 2008. They were net buyers of index futures to the tune of Rs 31.71 crore and bought index options worth Rs 577.10 crore. They were net sellers of stock futures to the tune of Rs 364.21 crore and bought stock options worth Rs 88.62 crore.
U.S. light, sweet crude oil futures dipped 14 cents to $127.21 a barrel today, 2 June 2008 as traders took profits tracking the dollar for direction.
India's GDP grew a strong 8.8% in Q4 March 2008 from a year earlier, led by strong expansion in the services sector, data released by the government on Friday, 30 May 2008 showed. The Q4 annual GDP growth matched an upwardly revised 8.8% growth in Q3 December 2007. The GDP growth was 9% in FY 2008 (year ended March 2008). The government had earlier estimated annual growth of 8.7% in FY 2008.
India's inflation based on the wholesale price index rose 8.1% in 12 months to 17 May 2008, the highest reading in more than 3-½ years and above the previous week's annual rise of 7.82%, government data released on Friday, 30 May 2008, showed. Inflation for the week ended 22 March 2008 was revised upwards to 7.85% from 7%.
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