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Market@6 April: Day's report

The Sensex remained extremely volatile as key stocks showed wild movements. Infosys opened strong, reacted sharply and finally closed at the upper circuit. Other software stocks also witnessed buying during the last 30 minutes of trading.

Reliance Industries stole the limelight, and hit the upper circuit. Pivotals also witnessed buying and showed strong close. Satyam Computer, Infosys, Reliance, Zee Tele, and Himachal Futuristic topped the volume charts accounting for 53 per cent of total traded volume on the BSE.

Sensex gains 110 points at 4867, Nifty up 20 points at 1454.

Sensex

• Open: 4899.45
• High: 4899.45
• Low: 4608.11
• Close: 4867.18

Nifty

• Open: 1436.15
• High: 1475.25
• Low: 1381.05
• Close: 1454.05

• BSE advances: 482
• BSE declines: 1187
• BSE unchanged: 104
• BSE volume: Rs 2873 crore
• NSE volume: Rs 3267 crore

Stocks at upper circuit
Reliance Industries, Infosys Techno, Digital Equipment, Moser Baer, HCL Techno, PSI Data, Khandwala Sec, Prima Plastic, Maharaja International, Bilt, Core Health and Vintage Foods.

Stocks at down circuit
HDFC Bank, DSQ Soft, McDowell, Madras Cements, Dabur, TV 18, GV Films, Zenith Info, Synergy Log, Fujitsu ICIM, Zicom Electronics, MP Tele, Kaashyap Radiant, Ram Info, Advent Computers, Toubro Industries and Vorin Lab.

Stocks up over 5 per cent
BSES, Zee Tele, Wockhardt, BEML, Veronica Lab, Svam Soft, Balaji Industries, BSEL Info, Forbes Gokak, NB Footwear, Lakshmi Overseas, MM Forge and Denso India.

Stocks down over 5 per cent
Sterlite, Rolta, NIIT, Raymond, Aptech, India Cements, Bank of Baroda, Sun Pharma, Essel Packaging, Voltas, GE Shipping, Bata India, Orient Info, Bharat Forge, Nirma, Jain Studio, RS Soft, Twinstar Soft and Tata Telcom.

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