Indian markets traded in the green today as several beaten down blue chips bounced back; namely RELIANCE INDUSTRIES (+0.07%), BHEL (+2.23%), JINDAL STEEL & POWER (-0.47%), etc. The RBI tightened gold import duty to squeeze current account deficit and this improved sentiments further. It was supported by positive global cues.
NIKKEI (+0.82%) rose on hopes of continuing of reforms by the newly elected Japanese PM. SHANGHAI COMPOSITE (+1.95%) & HANG SENG (+2.33%) were pushed up by the Chinese Premier's comments that China's GDP has hit a bottom at 7% and he won't let it go below that.
Back home, NIFTY (+0.76%) & SENSEX (+0.71%) ended the day with gains. The best performing broader indices were BSE CONSUMER DURABLES (+3.85%) and BSE BANKEX (+1.29%) while BSE HEALTHCARE (+0.18%) was the only loser.