Aggressive short covering in the last half-hour saw the Sensex rebound and gain nearly 100 points. The index finally ended with a loss of 76 points at 18,526. The NSE Nifty ended at 5,519, down 42 points.
The BSE Realty index plunged 5% to 9457, and the Power index tumbled over 2% to 4151. The Bankex moved up 1.8% to 10,406.
The market breadth was extremely negative - out of 2,816 stocks traded, 1,959 declined, 811 advanced and 46 were unchanged on Thursday.
INDEX MOVERS...
SBI zoomed 4% to Rs 2,242. Maruti surged 3% to Rs 980.
ACC, ICICI Bank and Bajaj Auto rallied over 2% each to Rs 1,103, Rs 1,127 and Rs 2,473, respectively.
Hindalco, Cipla and Bharti Airtel advanced 1% each to Rs 186, Rs 183 and Rs 907, respectively.
...AND THE SHAKERS
DLF plunged 5.5% to Rs 823.
Reliance Energy and NTPC tumbled 5% each to Rs 1,605 and Rs 228, respectively.
Larsen & Toubro dropped 4% to Rs 3,942, and ONGC shed 3.6% at Rs 1,150.
Ranbaxy and HDFC slipped 1.5% each to Rs 393 and Rs 2,561, respectively.
Infosys and Reliance Communications were down over 1% each at Rs 1,532 and Rs 674, respectively.
| Major Gainers |
Major Losers | ||||
| Name |
Close |
% Chg |
Name |
Close |
% Chg |
| JCT Elect | 3.27 | 19.8 | Vinati Org | 110.00 | 35.3 |
| Wires Fab | 75.00 | 17.0 | Mukand Crps | 4.66 | 19.9 |
| Majestic Aut | 38.60 | 15.2 | Panch Steel | 263.20 | 15.4 |
| D-Link | 99.65 | 14.8 | Dalmi Cem | 1751.00 | 14.6 |
| TCFC Fin | 63.75 | 11.8 | Jyoti Res | 2.50 | 13.5 |
| (Close = Stock pirce at the end of day in Rs) | |||||
VALUE & VOLUME TOPPERS
Reliance Petroleum topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 504.20 crore followed by Reliance Natural Resources (Rs 311.55 crore), Reliance (Rs 288.70 crore), Reliance Capital (Rs 283 crore) and Larsen & Toubro (Rs 238.80 crore).
Reliance Petroleum led the volume chart with trades of around 2.46 crore shares followed by Reliance Natural Resources (2.16 crore), Ispat Industries (1.73 crore), Tata Teleservices (1.64 crore) and IFCI (1.23 crore).
