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Last Updated: December 31, 2007 17:35 IST
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 116 points at 20,323, and soon rallied to a high of 20,484 - just 14 points off the all-time peak of 20,498.
The index, thereafter, pared gains and exhibited steady movement for most part of the trading day. Some profit-taking towards the end saw the index finally end with a gain of 80 points at 20,287.
In the process, the index ended calendar year 2007 with a huge gain of 47.1% (6,500 points).
The NSE Nifty surged to a high of 6168 in opening trades - just 17 points short of its peak of 6185. The index finally settled with a gain of 59 points at 6139, and gained soared 54.8% (2,172 points) in 2007.
The market breadth was extremely positive - out of 2,929 stocks traded, 2,542 advanced, 372 declined and 15 were unchanged on Monday.
INDEX MOVERS...
Bharti Airtel [Get Quote] zoomed nearly 6% to Rs 995. NTPC advanced nearly 4% to Rs 250.
Mahindra & Mahindra surged over 3% to Rs 861. Ranbaxy [Get Quote] and ITC rallied nearly 2.5% each to Rs 426 and Rs 210, respectively.
Reliance Communications [Get Quote] moved up nearly 2% to Rs 747. ACC and Tata Motors [Get Quote] added 1.5% each to Rs 1,024 and Rs 742, respectively.
MAJOR INDICES | ||||
Index | 2007 | 2006 | Net Chg | % Chg |
Sensex | 20086.99 | 13786.91 | 6300.1 | 45.7 |
Nifty | 6138.60 | 3966.40 | 2172.2 | 54.8 |
BSE Mid-cap | 9789.49 | 5805.18 | 3984.3 | 68.6 |
BSE Small-cap | 13348.37 | 6892.32 | 6456.1 | 93.7 |
...AND THE SHAKERS
HDFC [Get Quote] dropped 1.8% to Rs 2,872.
Ambuja Cements and Infosys [Get Quote] slipped 1.5% each to Rs 147 and Rs 1,768, respectively.
Hindustan Unilever, Cipla and Reliance Energy [Get Quote] were down around 1% each at Rs 213, Rs 213 and Rs 2,135, respectively.
Company Name | 2007 | 2006 | Net Chg | % Chg |
INDEX MOVERS... | ||||
Reliance Energy | 2134.6 | 519.75 | 1614.9 | 310.7 |
Larsen & Toubro | 4171.85 | 1442.95 | 2728.9 | 189.1 |
Reliance | 2881.05 | 1270.35 | 1610.7 | 126.8 |
Tata Steel [Get Quote] | 934.8 | 482.30 | 452.5 | 93.8 |
SBI [Get Quote] | 2371 | 1245.90 | 1125.1 | 90.3 |
...AND THE SHAKERS | ||||
Infosys | 1768.4 | 2240.50 | (472.1) | (21.1) |
Tata Motors | 742.1 | 900.25 | (158.2 | (17.6) |
Cipla | 212.6 | 250.70 | (38.1 | (15.2) |
Wipro [Get Quote] | 525.6 | 604.55 | (78.9 | (13.1) |
TCS [Get Quote] | 1083.35 | 1218.60 | (135.3 | (11.1) |
VALUE & VOLUME TOPPERS
IFCI topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 313.30 crore followed by debutant eClerx (Rs 275.60 crore), Reliance Natural Resources [Get Quote] (Rs 215.30 crore), TRIL (Rs 191.60 crore) and another new entrant Brigade (Rs 183.20 crore).
IFCI led the volume chart with trades of around 3.48 crore followed by G V Films [Get Quote] (2.54 crore), Ispat Industries [Get Quote] (1.66 crore), GTL Infrastructure [Get Quote] (1.63 crore) and Tata Teleservices [Get Quote] (1.42 crore).
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