Indian stock market pared all its early trading gains in the  afternoon trading session but recoup some of the gain in the last hour trading session. Front line indes Nifty ended above 8,950 by surging 54.60 points to end the day at 8,956.75 while BSE’s 30 stock index Sensex ended at 29,459.14, up by 97.64 points.

The HSBC Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index, compiled by Markit, fell for the second consecutive month, to 51.2 in February from 52.9 in January.

Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s does not expect an upgrade to India’s sovereign debt rating in the next year in the absence of substantial, quality reforms,  after the government’s Budget slowed the pace of fiscal consolidation.

Capital goods stocks rose after the proposal to reduce corporate tax rate in Budget helped spur gains in capital goods companies. However, shares in ITC plunged after the Budget raised excise duty on cigarettes by 25 per cent for cigarettes of length not exceeding 65 mm, and by 15 per cent for cigarettes of other lengths.

Meanwhile USDINR pair ended at 61.8650, up by 3 paisa.

Among the sectorial indices of NSE CNX Pharma (1.91%), Bank Nifty (1.61%) and CNX Finance (1.49%) were the top performer while CNX FMCG (-2.15%), CNX Realty (-0.33%) and CNX Auto (-0.18%) were the worst performer.

Out of 50 stocks of Nifty 28 stocks ended in green and 22 ended in red.

Top 5 Nifty Gainers: Ultra Cement (7.70%), Ambuja Cement (6.73%), Axis Bank (6.11%), Grasim (5.99%) and CIPLA (5.92%).

Top 5 Nifty Losers: ITC (-5.04%), Jindal Steel (-4.11%), Bajaj Auto (-3.50%), Hero Motorcorp (-2.11%) and Bharti Airtel (-2.11%)

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