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Market@5 April: Day's report

Sensex up 68 points at 4759, Nifty gains 5 points at 1433.

The market remained extremely volatile. Infosys was the prime factor, it opened low and showed a sharp recovery. Other software stocks however remained weak except some investment buying in the last half-an-hour of trading.

Meanwhile, ACC, Sterlite, HLL, Ticso and HDFC attracted huge buying. Reliance, Infosys, Satyam Computer, Zee Telefilms and Pentamedia topped the volume chart accounting for 57 per cent of total trading volume on the BSE.

Sensex

• Open: 4616.36
• High: 4852.45
• Low: 4601.58
• Current: 4759.23

Nifty

• Open: 1428.50
• High: 1467.40
• Low: 1391.65
• Current: 1433.35

• BSE advances: 633
• BSE declines: 980
• BSE unchanged: 129
• BSE volume: Rs 2350 crore
• NSE volume: Rs 3399 crore

Stocks at upper circuit
ACC, Sterlite, Bharath Electronics, Wockhardt, Shree Rama Multi, Kesoram, Surana Tele, Recon, Lakshmi Overseas, Alkyl Amines and Kothari Products.

Stocks at down circuit
Pentamedia, Zee Tele, Satyam Computer, NIIT, Silverline, Rolta, HCL Info, ICICI Bank, Aptech, DSQ Soft, HDFC Bank, Padmini Poly, Global Tele, SSI, Himachal futuristic, Escorts, Alok Text, Visualsoft, GV Films, Maars Soft, Polaris, Adam Comsoft, Kale Consultants and Jain Studio.

Stocks up over 5 per cent
Tisco, HDFC, Guj Ambuja Cement, India Cement, Essel Packaging, Bharat Forge, Nath Seeds, BEML, Tata Info, Sonata Soft, NELCO, Peerless Shipping, Tata SSL, Today's Writing and NB Footwear.

Stocks down over 5 per cent
Rel Capital, BPL, BASF, Orient Info, MP Tele, ATN International, Nocil, BPCL, Sri Sarita, Adarsh Der., Tata Finance, Filmcity Media, Shasun Chemicals, Jaiprakash, Epic Enzymes, Eicher Motors and Suven Pharma.

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