INDIAN BENCHMARK opened on a flat note after two-day strong rally.

INDIAN BENCHMARK opened on a flat note after two-day strong rally. The data coming in as of yesterday is not really encouraging. Consumer inflation in July rose to a two-month high. July CPI inflation has increased to 7.96% as compared to 7.46% mom. IIP for June came in at a lower-than-expected 3.7% as against the revised May 2014 level of 5%.

FURTHER, BHEL has slipped 5.4% after a sharp 58% year-on-year drop in its net profit at Rs 194 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2014 (Q1), mainly due to decline in sales from power and industry segments. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd reported net sales / Income from operations at Rs. 3,927 crores, a growth of 13% over same quarter last year.

Trend in FII flows: The FIIs were net buyers of Rs 192cr in the cash segment on Tuesday while the DIIs were net sellers of Rs. 39cr, as per the provisional figures released by the NSE.