Afternoon Stock Market News: Sensex Fails To Hold 27,000

Stock Market seems to have lost interest and trading listlessly, more eager for the weekend. The Sensex is down 15.01 points at 26980.86 and the Nifty is down 8.40 points at 8077.30. About 1556 shares have advanced, 1284 shares declined, and 87 shares are unchanged. Cipla, Maruti, ITC, HDFC and Bharti are top gainers while Hindalco, Sun Pharma, Coal India, Tata Power and NTPC are major losers in the Sensex. Midcaps outperform key indices with a 2 percent gain this week. Midcaps outperform key indices with a 2 percent gain this week. Auto companies are in focus as the SIAM conference is underway, Tata Motors tells CNBC-TV18 that an increase in investments in road transport will help CV sector and expects M&HCV growth to pick up third quarter onwards. Meanwhile Hero Moto sees festive season demand to be better than last year. For Detail Visit-- http://www.gravitaresearch.com/index.php