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Sensex ends up 54 points, Hind Unilever drops 5%

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October 31, 2007 16:45 IST
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 43 points at 19,827, but slipped to a low of 19,735 in early deals. Selective buying saw the index move into positive zone soon, and rally to a high of 19,984 -- up 249 points from the day's low.

The index, thereafter, exhibited a range-bound movement, and finally settled with a gain of 54 points at 19,838. The NSE Nifty ended at 5900, up 32 points.

In the process, the index finished the month with a significant gain of 14.7% (2,547 points) -- the best so far this year. In the last two months, the index gained a whopping 29.5% (4,519 points), and the index is up almost 44% (6,051 points) on a year-till-date basis.

Monthly Returns�
Month	Sensex	Net Chg	% Chg
31-Oct	19837.99	2546.89	14.73
28-Sep	17291.10	1972.50	12.88
31-Jul	15550.99	900.48	6.15
30-Apr	13872.37	800.27	6.12
31-May	14544.46	672.09	4.84
31-Jan	14090.92	304.01	2.21
30-Mar	13072.10	134.01	1.04
29-Jun	14650.51	106.05	0.73
31-Aug	15318.60	(232.39)	(1.49)
28-Feb	12938.09	(1152.83	(8.18)

While the Small-cap index rallied 1.6% to 9797, the Mid-cap index advanced over 1% to 8135.

The BSE Metal index surged 3.4% to 17,885. The Bankex, Oil & Gas and PSU indices advanced around 1% each to 10,655, 11,658 and 9628, respectively.

The market breadth was marginally positive - out of 2,817 stocks traded, 1,404 advanced, 1,344 declined and 69 were unchanged today.

INDEX MOVERS...

Reliance Energy [Get Quote] soared over 4% to Rs 1,868. Ranbaxy [Get Quote] surged 3% to Rs 427.

NTPC, ONGC [Get Quote], HDFC Bank [Get Quote] and Mahindra & Mahindra rallied around 2% each to Rs 239, Rs 1,248, Rs 1,653 and Rs 755, respectively.

Hindalco [Get Quote] moved up 1.6% to Rs 196, and ICICI Bank [Get Quote] added 1.3% to Rs 1,257.

Dr.Reddy's and ACC were up around 1% each at Rs 622 and Rs 1,078, respectively.

...AND THE SHAKERS

Hindustan Unilever plunged over 5% to Rs 208.

Larsen & Toubro slipped nearly 2% to Rs 4,245, and BHEL shed 1.5% at Rs 2,613.

Maruti [Get Quote], Cipla and Tata Motors [Get Quote] declined over 1% each to Rs 1,074, Rs 179 and Rs 758, respectively.

TCS [Get Quote] and Wipro [Get Quote] were down 1% each at Rs 1,038 and Rs 505, respectively.

VALUE & VOLUME TOPPERS

Reliance topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 648.50 crore followed by Reliance Petroleum [Get Quote] (Rs 560.30 crore), Jindal Steel (Rs 422.50 crore), Reliance Energy (Rs 352.20 crore) and Reliance Natural Resources [Get Quote] (Rs 338 crore).


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