Key benchmarks end almost flat

The barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, ended lower, while the Nifty 50 index ended higher in a volatile trading session. The Sensex, fell 6.18 points or 0.02% to 26,637.06, as per the provisional closing data. The Nifty rose 4.05 points or 0.05% to 8,196.30, as per the provisional closing data.

The Sensex rose 80.13 points, or 0.30% at the day's high of 26,723.37 in mid-morning trade. The index fell 37.18 points, or 0.14% at the day's low of 26,606.06 in early afternoon trade. The Nifty rose 26.25 points, or 0.32% at the day's high of 8,218.50 in mid-morning trade. The index fell 11.35 points, or 0.14% at the day's low of 8,180.90 in early afternoon trade.

Among secondary barometers, the BSE Mid-Cap index provisionally fell 0.10%. The decline in this index was higher than the Sensex's decline in percentage terms. The BSE Small-Cap index provisionally rose 0.46%, outperforming the Sensex.

The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was positive. On BSE, 1,587 shares rose and 1,098 shares fell. A total of 129 shares were unchanged.

The total turnover on BSE amounted to Rs 2597.75 crore, lower than turnover of Rs 2621.40 crore registered during the previous trading session.

Realty shares edged higher. DLF (up 5.08%), Indiabulls Real Estate (up 4.87%), Sunteck Realty (up 3.54%), Sobha (up 3.12%), Peninsula Land (up 2.76%), Unitech (up 1.85%), Housing Development and Infrastructure (HDIL) (up 1.45%), D B Realty (up 1.31%), Mahindra Lifespace Developers (up 1.17%), Anant Raj (up 1.12%), Prestige Estates Projects (up 0.62%), Oberoi Realty (up 0.52%) and Parsvnath Developers (up 0.45%), edged higher. Phoenix Mills (down 0.37%) and Omaxe (down 1.06%), edged lower.

Godrej Properties rose 0.70% after the company said it sold over 300 apartments at Godrej Greens in Pune. The company said that it has seen an overwhelming customer response to its project Godrej Greens, which was launched shortly after the government's demonetisation announcement in early November. The company announced that it has sold over 300 apartments within two months of launch of its project Godrej Greens in Pune. This represents more than 75% of the 400 apartments that were opened for sale, making this one of the most successful recent residential launches. The announcement was made before market hours today, 4 January 2017.

Auto stocks were mixed. Ashok Leyland (up 2.84%), Bajaj Auto (up 1.90%), Tata Motors (up 1.28%), Hero MotoCorp (up 0.26%) and Maruti Suzuki India (up 0.03%), edged higher. Mahindra & Mahindra (down 0.2%), Escorts (down 0.64%), TVS Motor Company (down 0.68%) and Eicher Motors (down 1.41%), edged lower.

On the macro front, the Nikkei/Markit Services Purchasing Managers' Index was little changed at 46.80 in December 2016 from 46.70 in November 2016. A reading below 50 indicates contraction. The data was announced during trading hours today, 4 January 2017.

Overseas, European shares declined after hitting a one-year high today, 4 January 2017, with retailers in focus after standout faller Next cut its profit guidance and cautioned on future trade. Stocks in Asia rose after data fueled confidence in the US economy, and as equity traders in Tokyo returned from holidays with the yen nursing a three-day slump. Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 2.51%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.07%.

US stocks on Tuesday, 3 January 2017, started the first trading day of 2017 on a positive note but closed off of intraday highs as oil prices turned sharply lower, puncturing some of the initial exuberance that underpinned an early rally in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

US manufacturing posted the fourth straight month of faster expansion in December 2016 as new orders and output jumped, pointing to a growing economy, the Institute for Supply Management said yesterday, 3 January 2017. The ISM manufacturing index rose 1.5 points from November to 54.7%, with 11 of the 18 industries surveyed reporting growth. A reading in the purchasing managers index above 50 indicates growth.

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