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The Sensex opened with a huge positive gap of 267 points at 20,063 following the sharp rally in the US markets, and touched a high of 20,095 in early deals.
Profit-taking at higher levels saw the index pare gains and slip to a low of 19,706 - down 389 points from the day's high - as the day progressed.
Renewed buying in late trades saw the index regain most of its lost ground, and finally ended with a gain of 170 points at 19,966 - its third best close ever.
The Nifty gained 20 points to close at 5,974.
The mid-cap and small-cap indices ended marginally lower at 9022 and 11,342, respectively.
The IT index soared 3.7% to 4425. The Bankex gained 2.4% at 11,378, and the Realty index added 2% to 11,577. The FMCG and Metal indices, however, slipped 1% each to 2177 and 18,738, respectively.
The NSE Nifty ended with a gain of 19 points at 5974.
The market breadth was marginally positive - out of 2,909 stocks traded, 1,460 advanced, 1,406 declined and 43 were unchanged today.
INDEX MOVERS...
Infosys [Get Quote] zoomed 5% to Rs 1,718. DLF and ICICI Bank [Get Quote] soared 4% each to Rs 1,011 and Rs 1,248, respectively.
HDFC [Get Quote] surged 3.8% to Rs 2,921. TCS [Get Quote] rallied 2.6% to Rs 1,061.
Ranbaxy [Get Quote] gained over 2% to Rs 407. Reliance Communications [Get Quote], Bharti Airtel [Get Quote] and HDFC Bank advanced over 2% each to Rs 734, Rs 960 and Rs 1,721, respectively.
Wipro [Get Quote] moved up nearly 2% to Rs 503. SBI [Get Quote] and Satyam [Get Quote] added 1.6% each to Rs 2,437 and Rs 444, respectively.
...AND THE SHAKERS
Hindalco [Get Quote] shed 2.5% at Rs 188. ITC dropped 2% to Rs 189.
BHEL, ACC and Tata Steel [Get Quote] slipped over 1.5% each to Rs 2,743, Rs 1,065 and Rs 833, respectively.
Reliance declined over 1% to Rs 2,842.
Ambuja Cements, Grasim [Get Quote] and Bajaj Auto [Get Quote] were also down 1% each at Rs 152, Rs 3,642 and Rs 2,700, respectively.
Major Gainers | Major Losers | ||||
Name | Close | % Chg | Name | Close | % Chg |
Riga Sugar | 33.90 | 20.0 | Ganesh Benzo | 1.05 | 93.4 |
Cenlub Inds | 27.00 | 20.0 | Khaitan | 73.05 | 82.9 |
Bharat Seats [Get Quote] | 22.14 | 20.0 | Mortext | 10.73 | 19.9 |
Machino | 97.20 | 20.0 | Kilburn Off | 7.62 | 13.2 |
Visu Intl | 21.61 | 20.0 | Damodar Thre | 47.55 | 10.3 |
(Close = Stock pirce at the end of day in Rs) | |||||
VALUE & VOLUME TOPPERS
Ispat Industries [Get Quote] topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 259 crore followed by Reliance Petroleum [Get Quote] (Rs 236.80 crore), Reliance Natural Resources [Get Quote] (Rs 221.50 crore), IFCI (Rs 182.70 crore) and Reliance (Rs 182.30 crore).
Ispat Industries led the volume chart with trades of around 3.70 crore shares followed by Centurion Bank of Punjab [Get Quote] (2.52 crore), IFCI (1.79 crore), Tata Teleservices [Get Quote] (1.60 crore) and Reliance Natural Resources (1.25 crore).
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