Sensex closes above 17000, Rupee appreciates
Sensex closes above 17000, Rupee appreciates
Huge inflow of foreign money resulted in a sharp appreciation in the rupee.

Mumbai: The market staged a stunning performance for the fourth consecutive week led by huge inflow of foreign money that resulted into sharp appreciation in the Indian rupee. Better than expected earnings at home, signs of softening interest rates after RBI's CRR cut, stabilisation in the Europe and gradual improvement in the US economic data helped the Nifty get back above the 200 DMA (daily moving average) of 5,204, rising 12.5 per cent in four weeks. Even the Sensex jumped 11.5 per cent.

Today, the BSE benchmark rose 156.80 points, to end at 17,233.98 and the NSE benchmark moved up 46.40 points, to close at 5,204.70.

Major largecaps and even second line shares have been witnessing value buying in the month of January, as they were beaten down very badly in 2011. Foreign insitutional investors bought more than Rs 9,000 crore worth of equity shares, which resulted into appreciation of 9 per cent of the Indian rupee. The CNX Defty gained 21.5 per cent in January.

Our market is looking better than what it did a few weeks back, says Vibhav Kapoor of IL&FS. Attributing this improvement to a recovering Europe and US situations and better-than-expected corporate earnings at home, Kapoor told CNBC-TV18 that the momentum is likely to continue.

Given the improvements and with interest rates peaking out, hopes of rate a cut have gotten stronger which will aid FY13 earnings. The sentiment is much better, he said.

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