Trading is halted ; SENSEX, NIFTY locked at upper circuit

Equities were frozen at the upper circuit at open on Monday in reaction to UPA’s phenomenal win at the general elections. The BSE bennchmark hits 10% upper limit for the first time in life, has recorded its best start ever on hopes of a stable govt at the Centre following UPA's win. All sectoral indices surged with banking spearheading the rally. Trading has been halted for an hour.
Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex opened 10.73 per cent or 1305.97 points higher at 13479.39 138.19 points to 12011.10. National Stock Exchange’s Nifty was locked at 4203.30, higher by 14.48 per cent or 531.65 points.
Dinesh Thakkar, CMD, Angel Broking said, “The election results have come as a positive surprise and are expected to go down well with the markets considering that markets like continuity of government policies, mindsets and ideologies. The UPA’s 250+ tally has managed to beat the most optimistic political analyst on the street and this ‘thumping’ victory has set the stage for the Congress led UPA to come back to power. Further, the possibility that the UPA could form the government without the Left will further soothe investors’ nerves. The markets are expected to rally as fresh money from FIIs and those waiting on the sidelines on account of the political uncertainty, makes its way into Indian stockmarkets. Investors must remain ‘long’ on India to take advantage of the long-term wealth creation opportunities that Indian stockmarkets have to offer.”