This week's Indian stock market showed a negative trend mainly due to a decrease in foreign institutional investors' inflows and rising crude oil prices. Crude oil prices increased by 4.44% to $113.05/barrel, while gold prices rose 2.77% to $1475/oz as it is viewed as a safe haven against inflation. Overall, the market remains affected by global sentiments and domestic profit booking.

1. Market This Week - India.
08 April 2011
Stock Markets: Indian stock market showed negative trend this week, Sectoral Indices
largely due to steady decrease in FIIs inflows, profit booking b y DIIs, and Metal 1.12% Bankex -0.93%
rising crude prices.
Auto -1.37% Capital Goods 0.58%
FII Activity: Overseas funds invested INR 24.6171 Bn this week, IT -1.53% Consumer Durables 1.13%
according to data available with NSE. For the month funds from FIIs stood at
Currency
INR 28.76 Bn, which is also the CY 2011 figure.
Crude Oil: Light crude CLK11 showed steady increase and rose by USD EUR GBP JPY
4.44%, to settle at $113.05 /barrel on Friday, 08 Apr’11, on the New York 04-Apr 44.4900 63.3186 71.6596 0.5289
Mercantile Exchange, on the backdrop of tensions in the Arab World. 11-Apr 44.0100 63.6495 72.0435 0.5184
Gold: Gold increased steadily and added 2.77% and rose to its all time BSE Sensex P/E
high closing of $1475 /oz. It increased on the backdrop of the rising crude 21.42 21.43 21.36 21.28
21.11
prices, which caused negative sentiments in the global markets and Gold
being seen as the safe haven for investments and also an hedge against
inflation. 04-Apr 05-Apr 06-Apr 07-Apr 08-Apr
BSE Sensex Dow Jones IA Hang Seng - Asia
12426.75 12409.49
12400.03 24396.07
19701.73 24285.05
19612.2
12393.9 24150.58 24281.8
19686.82
19451.45 12380.05
19591.18
24150.58
04-Apr 05-Apr 06-Apr 07-Apr 08-Apr 04-Apr 05-Apr 06-Apr 07-Apr 08-Apr 04-Apr 05-Apr 06-Apr 07-Apr 08-Apr
BSE: 19,451.45 DJI: 12,380 Nasdaq: 2,780 S&P 500: 1,328 HIS: 24,396 FTSE: 6,055 Nikkei: 9,768
-1.27% -0.16% -0.31% -0.35% 1.02% 0.64% 0.51%
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2. Market This Week - India.
08 April 2011
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