Monday, 16 February 2015

Sensex, Nifty volatile; oil stocks fall on custom duty fear





The Sensex is up 128.85 points at 29223.78 and the Nifty is up 31.55 points at 8837.05. About 1287 shares have advanced, 1477 shares declined and 212 shares are unchanged.



M&M, ITC, HDFC, Bharti Airtel and TCS are top gainers in the Sensex. Among the losers are Sun Pharma, Hero, Reliance, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank.



Oil stocks are down as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley may look at re-imposing 5 percent customs duty on crude oil imports to shore up revenues by USD 3 billion and create a level-playing field for domestic producers.



Presently, the government does not levy any import or customs duty on crude oil imports. On the other hand, domestically produced crude oil attracts two percent central sales tax, something which imported oil is exempted from.



Gold extended gains to a third session, bolstered by safe-haven bids amid a softer dollar and jitters ahead of negotiations regarding Greece’s future in the euro zone. Traders were eyeing a meeting of euro zone finance ministers in Brussels later on Monday to find common ground with Greece’s new government, elected on a pledge to scrap the austerity strictures of Greece’s international bailouts.



If the meeting produces no results, there is a concern that Greece will be headed for a credit crunch that would force it out of the euro zone.



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