Saturday, April 20, 2013

Weekly Market Commentary - Apr 15 - 19, 2013

Markets rebounded smartly this week on the back of low inflation data raising hope of RBI rate cut Sensex rising 4.2%, Nifty gaining 4.6% while CNX Midcap rising 2.76%

Monday - Sensex up 0.63%, Nifty up 0.72%, Midcap up 0.03%
March inflation data, WPI of 5.96%, which was lowest in 40 months, buoyed the market with the hopes of a rate cut from RBI. Also, inflation is expected to stay lower as crude oil prices have declined sharply in recent weeks.

Tuesday - Sensex up 2.11%, Nifty up 2.16%, Midcap up 1.39%
Markets continued to rise higher with previous day news of lower inflation data, which arrived during late trading hours, continued to instill confidence in expected RBI rate cut. Fall in gold prices also led to hopes of better current account deficit and benefited the market.

Wednesday - Sensex slightly down 0.07%, Nifty flat 0.00%, Midcap up slghtly by 0.23%
Two days of rally gave opportunity to book some profits.

Thursday - Sensex up 1.52%, Nifty up 1.66%, Midcap up 1.10%
Rate cut hopes on coming RBI meet on May 3, SC order to lift ban on nine iron ore mines and FII buyings led the sensex to cross 19K level.

Friday - Markets closed on occasion of Ram Navmi

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