Sensex, Nifty trade higher; auto Stocks and banking stocks fall

Sensex and Nifty were trading higher in early trade, tracking positive signs from Asian
markets and continued rally in metal stocks. The BSE Sensex was up 42.12 points or
0.12% at 33,835.50. The NSE Nifty-50 index was up 13.60 points or 0.13% at 10,456.50 in
the late morning hours. Shares of ONGC, Dr. Reddy’s and IndusInd Bank rose, whereas
shares of ICICI Bank, Tata Motors and Yes Bank fell.

Metal stocks keep on gaining on the back of growing global commodity prices. The Nifty
Metal Index rose 0.5 percent in early trade, led by more than one percent gains in shares
of Vedanta Ltd and Welspun Corp.

Tata Motors fell 1.1% to Rs.252 after the company announced its US JLR sales fell 9.4
percent to 11,394 units. Shares of Oil & Natural Gas rose 1.3 percent to Rs. 196.15 after
international crude oil prices hit a 3-year high.

In Nifty-50 index, shares of Asian Paints and ONGC rose 1.5%, each, Dr. Reddy’s rose
1.2% and Coal India up 1% as the top gainers while Shares of Tata Motors fell 1.4%, HCL
Tech slipped 1.06%, ICICI Bank down 0.86%, Yes Bank down 0.55% and Sun Pharma lose
0.41% as the top losers in today’s trade.

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