Markets trade in a range; ITC, Tata Steel weigh 29/09/2014

Markets trade in a range; ITC, Tata Steel weigh
29/09/2014 13:38
The markets continued their rangebound trade during the noon session of trade. The 30-share benchmark index was marginally up by 3 points whereas Nifty was down 10 points. The major laggards on the D-street included Tata Steel, ITC, Coal India, Bajaj Auto, SSLT and Tata Power among others. On the global front, Asian markets remained volatile following political unrest in Hong Kong, the worst since China took control 20 years ago. Japanese shares firmed up 0.5 per cent led by exporters' shares following the weakness in the yen. Shanghai Composite was up 0.5 per cent while shares in Hong Kong witnessed selling pressure with the Hang Seng down nearly 2 per cent.

At 1:19PM BSE SENSEX was at 26629.63, up by 3.31 points or by 0.01 per cent, while the NSE Nifty was at 7979, up by 10.15 points or by 0.13 per cent.