The Sensex was very volatile in opening trades. After opening with a huge positive gap of 87 points at 15,023, the index soon dropped to a low of 14,897. Fresh buying at lower levels saw the index zoom to a high of 15,134 - an intra-day gain of 238 points. Profit-taking in closing deals saw the index finally settle with a gain of 50 points at 14,986. The NSE Nifty ended at 4,356, up 10 points.
The Bankex closed with a gain of over 1.5% at 7947. The BSE Realty Index was up 1.7% at 7458. The market breadth was evenly matched - out of 2,639 scrips traded, 1,349 logged gains and 1,219 declined on Thursday. Index Gainers and Losers
SBI [Get Quote] moved up nearly 3% (Rs 44) to Rs 1,593.
Tata Steel [Get Quote] was up 2.7% at Rs 639.
RCom, BHEL and Reliance Energy [Get Quote] gained over 2% each at Rs 542, Rs 1,699 and Rs 752, respectively.
Wipro [Get Quote] dropped nearly 3% to Rs 462.
M&M and Tata Motors [Get Quote] were down over 2% each at Rs 676 and Rs 652, respectively.
TCS [Get Quote], Infosys [Get Quote] and Satyam [Get Quote] dropped over 1% each to Rs 1,095, Rs 1,900 and Rs 466, respectively.
Most Active Counters
SBI was the most active counter with a turnover of Rs 179 crore followed by Everonn (Rs 154 crore), Reliance (Rs 150 crore), IFCI (Rs 146 crore) and HDIL (Rs 143 crore).
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