Closing Note: Sensex stands low at close due to declining GDP
Friday, February 27, 2009 4:00 pmMarkets traded down due to selling stress however bounced back to close at 0.71%. The BSE yardstick Sensex dipped as investors divested stocks on declining Gross Domestic Product rate and feeble rupee.
The government unfolded India’s Gross Domestic Product on Friday for 3rd-quarter closed on 31st December, last year, financial system leaped by merely 5.3% as opposed to 7.6% and 8.9%. It is said to be the slowest fiscal increase in 5 years.
Moreover, the Indian currency went through a serious fall with exchangeable rate of approximately Rs.52/ dollar, therefore flaming uncertainties that overseas finances may deflect from trade stocks in India.
FMCG and Baking segments restored by 1.6% and 0.14% in that order however other indices traded on the lower side with oil and gas and realty declining the most at 2.9% and 2% individually.
Markets hit in a poor state on Friday as investors looked for Gross Domestic Product figures before purchasing new positions. The 30-share Sensex then fell by 260 points in session post noon but bounced back to end at 8,891.61 low and 50-share Nifty closed at 22 points.
