Today NSE Indian Stock markets News 20 March 2013

The CNX Nifty opened at 5,740.55; about 5 points lower as compared to its previous closing of 5,745.95, and has touched a high and a low of 5,745.30 and 5,705.95 respectively.

The index is currently trading at 5,735.40, down by 10.55 points or 0.18%. There were 23 stocks advancing against 26 declines and one stock remains unchanged on the index.

The top gainers of the Nifty were Hindustan Unilever up by 1.65%, Cipla up by 1.42%, DLF up by 1.39%, Sesa Goa up by 1.32% and BHEL up by 1.08%.

On the flip side, UltraTech Cement down by 2.70%, ONGC down by 1.57%, ACC down by 1.46%, Grasim down by 1.35% and NTPC down by 0.97%, were the major losers on the index.

Most of the Asian equity indices were trading in red; Jakarta Composite dipped 5.63 points or 0.12% to 4,817.00, Straits Times slipped 5.58 points or 0.17% to 3,263.55, KOSPI Composite declined 6.90 points or 0.35% to 1,971.66 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 2.35 points or 0.03% to 7,836.12.

On the flip side, Shanghai Composite soared 47.37 points or 2.10% to 2,304.80, Hang Seng rose 192.51 points or 0.87% to 22,234.37 and KLSE Composite was up by 4.09 points or 0.25% to 1,629.55.

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