Intraday Summary- Market Synopsis- 5 January, 2012

The benchmark indices were witnessing a tepid session in the absence of any positive triggers to drive the market. Sensex was trading at 15925, up 44 points, while Nifty was trading at 4765, up by around 16 points. Meanwhile, the food inflation turned negative for the week ended December 24, at -3.36 percent against 0.42 percent a week ago. Fuel inflation was at 14.6 percent vs 14.37 percent. Sectorally, most of the indices were trading with moderate gains with Auto, Capital Goods and Banking leading with more than one percent gains. On the other hand, Oil & Gas and Realty registered losses close to one percent. Market breadth was positive with nine gainers against every five losers.
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