Sensex edges lower in lacklustre trade; Nifty up 13 pts

In a dull trading session, the benchmark Sensex on Wednesday edged 1.30 points down to 28,442.71 on alternate bouts of buying and selling, amid mixed global cues.

Shares of auto, realty, power, refinery and capital goods sectors firmed up while IT and telecom shares declined.

Mid-cap and small-cap scrips rose on good buying with its indices gaining 1.39% and 1.64% respectively Stock Market Trading Tips

The BSE Sensex resumed slightly higher at 28,472.32 and moved up further to 28,504.65 on initial buying following overnight gains in US market and foreign capital inflows.

However, the barometer failed to maintain initial gains and dropped to 28,370.73 on fag-end selling before concluding at 28,442.71, showing a marginal loss of 1.30 points.

Investors preferred to book profit in select counters as RBI kept the policy rates unchanged on Tuesday in its monetary policy meeting, said traders.

However, the 50-share Nifty finished 12.95 points, or 0.15%, higher at 8,537.65.

"We believe the Nifty would consolidate further in the coming days but the overall bias would remain on the positive side till Nifty is holding above 8350 mark," said Jayant Manglik, President-retail distribution, Religare Securities Financial Astrology Trading Tips

Meanwhile, Foreign Portfolio Investors bought shares worth net Rs. 106.82 crore on Tuesday, showed provisional data.

Asian stocks ended mixed as key benchmark indices in Hongkong and Singpaore eased by 0.57% to 0.95% while indices in China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan moved up by 0.21% to 1.55%.

European markets were also trading narrowly mixed as indices in France and Germany inched up by 0.15-0.24% while UK's FTSE was quoting 0.08% lower.

Turning to the local market, seventeen out of the 30-share Sensex stocks closed with gains while others finished with losses Commodity Trading Tips

Major Sensex laggards include Dr Reddys 2.43%, HDFC 1.83%, Bharti Airtel 1.72%, Hindalco 1.49%, HDFC Bank, 1.09%, Hero MotoCorp 0.83%, TCS 0.79% and ITC 0.63%.

However, ONGC rose by 2.98%, BHEL 2.50%, NTPC% 1.67%, M&M 1.57%, HUL 1.55%, Gail India 1.35%, Axis Bank 1.35%, ICICI Bank 1.27% and Maruti Suzuki 0.97%.

Among the S&P BSE sectoral indices, Auto index rose by 1.34%, Realty 1.32%, Power 1.06%, Oil & Gas 0.99% and Capital Goods 0.96% while IT eased by 0.19% and TECK 0.16%.

Reflecting rally in second line stocks, total market breadth remained positive as 1,929 counters finished in the green while 1,082 settled in the red and 120 held stable. Total turnover rose to Rs. 3,934.91 crore from Rs. 3,334.72 crore on Tuesday Nifty Trading Tips