Markets trade in red: Energy, realty, midcaps down

New Delhi: The markets opened in red tracking Asian peers. Stocks across sectors are trading in red. All BSE sector indices are in red. Energy, power, realty stocks are among the top losers.

BSE power, realty indices are down over two per cent followed by oil & capital goods index down nearly two per cent.

At 10:00 hrs IST, Nifty was trading around the 5000 mark at 5006 down over 100 points. Sensex was trading around 17,100 mark down over 300 points.

Among the top laggards were NTPC,

Reliance Petroleum, ITC, SAIL.

On the primary market front, Reliance Power got listed at Rs 430 versus issue price of Rs 450. It slipped below the Rs 400 mark and is now trading around Rs 400 mark.

Asian markets were trading lower. Hong Kong's Hang Seng slipped 1.13 per cent, South Korea's Seoul Composite dropped 3.20 per cent, Singapore's Straits Times was down 1.10 per cent. Wall Street ended mixed; Dow fell 64 points,Nasdaq was up 11 points.

Market cues:

• Rel Power listing on Monday.
• FIIs net sell USD 41.8 mn in equity on February 7.
• MFs net sell Rs 78.4 cr in equity on February 7.
• NSE F&O Open Int up by Rs 279 crore at Rs 69,658 crore.

&O cues:

• Futures Open Interest down by Rs 696 crore and Options Open Interest up by Rs 975 crore.
• Nifty Futures add 2.4 lakh shares in Open Int; at 30-point discount.
• Nifty Open Interest Put-Call ratio at 0.96 Vs 1.04.
• Nifty Puts add 3.3 lakh shares in Open Interest.
• Nifty Calls add 12 lakh shares in Open Interest.
• Nifty 4700 Put adds 1.9 lakh shares in Open Interest.
• Nifty 5300 Call adds 3.8 lakh shares in Open Interest.
• Stock Futures shed 1.7 cr shares in Open Interest.

(With moneycontrol.com inputs)