02/02/2015 EQUITY REPORT

MARKET ANALYSIS 

The S&P BSE Sensex plunged as much as 611 points in trade on Friday, after hitting its record high of 29844.16. The fall in the index was led by losses in ICICI Bank, HDFC, SBI, HDFC BankBSE -1.67 % and TCSBSE -2.37 %.

The 30-share index finally closed at 29,182.95, down 498.82 points or 1.68 percent. It touched an all-time high of 29,844.16 and a low of 29,070.48 in trade today.

The Nifty ended at 8,808.90, down 143 points or 1.60 per cent. It touched an all-time high of 8,996.60 and a low of 8,775.10 in trade today.

Tata PowerBSE 2.90 % (up 2.9 percent), BHELBSE 1.62 % (up 1.6 percent), NTPCBSE 1.37 % (up 1.3 percent), WiproBSE 0.79 % (up 0.8 percent) and SesaBSE 0.67 % Sterlite (up 0.67 percent) were among the major Sensex gainers.

State Bank of India BSE -5.13 % (down 5.1 percent), ICICI Bank BSE -4.95 % (down 4.9 percent), Coal IndiaBSE -3.81 % (down 3.8 percent), DRL (down 3.6 percent) and HDFC (down 3.3 percent) were major losers.

ECONOMY ANALYSIS

• Sensex slumps 499 pts, Nifty ends at 8809; banks bleed
• ICICI Bank Q3 profit & NII rise 14%, asset quality worsens
• HCL Tech Q2 net up 2.3%, $ revenue rises 4%, bonus issue at 1:1
• Bank Of Baroda Q3 profit tanks 68%, provisions & tax hurt
• Coal India slips 4% as OFS opens; brokerages bet on it
• IDFC gets RBI nod to exempt 30% of loan book from SLR/CRR