Oil surged to a new record high on Monday of nearly $140 a barrel, pushed by weakness in the dollar which offset the bearish impact of plans by Saudi Arabia to increase output by the next month by about a half million barrels a day.
On Monday, U.S. stock indexes were mixed, due to rise in oil prices and fall in the U.S. dollar against the euro and the yen and also weakening of manufacturing in June for four times in five months. It softened 5 points to negative 8.7 in June. Lehman Brothers announcement also add on to negative sentiment about loss of $2.8 billion for second quarter.
The NASDAQ closed higher by 20.28 points at 2,474.78 along with S&P 500 up by 0.11 points to close at 1,360.14 while Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped by 38.27 points to close at 12,269.08.
Indian ADRs ended mixed. In technology sector, Patni Computers went up by (1.83%) while Satyam dropped by (1.28%) along with Wipro by (0.59%) and Infosys by (0.51%). In banking sector, HDFC bank and ICICI bank increased by (1.32%) and (0.63%) respectively. In telecommunication sector, MTNL advanced by (0.67%) while Tata Communication decreased by (2.55%). Sterlite industries inclined (1.36%).
Today the major stock markets in Asia are trading mixed. Hang Seng index is trading higher by 44.39 points at 23,074.08 along with Japan’s Nikkei trading up by 18.51 points at 14,372.88. However, Taiwan Weighted trading at 8,107.37 down by 62.40 points.
The FIIs on Monday stood as net seller in equity. The gross equity purchased was Rs2,712.10 Crore and the gross debt purchased was Rs0.00 Crore while the gross equity sold stood at Rs2,763.90 Crore and gross debt sold stood at Rs0.00 Crore. Therefore, the net investment of equity reported was (Rs51.80) Crore and net debt was Rs0.00 Crore
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Today, Nifty has support at 4,468 and resistance at 4,635 and BSE Sensex has support at 15,126 and resistance at 15,590.
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1 comment:
These oil prices are getting ridiculous. Everyday is a new "all time high." I'm so tired of this crap. It's all because of the greedy oil investors, that we have high oil and energy prices.
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