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January 14, 2008 16:32 IST
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 91 points at 20,918, and touched a high of 20,986 in morning deals. Selling pressure at higher levels saw the index drop into negative zone in late morning trades.
Sustained selling in technology and select stocks saw the index slip to a low of 20,662 -- down 324 points from the day's high.
The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 99 points at 20,728. The NSE Nifty ended at 6,207, up 7 points.
The Smallcap Index advanced 1.4% to 12,869, and the Midcap Index added 1% to 9537.
The BSE IT index plunged 2.8% to 3,991, while the Oil & Gas Index soared over 2% to 14,117.
The NSE Nifty ended .....marginally (seven points) higher at 6,207.
The market breadth was marginally positive -- out of 2,881 stocks traded, 1,577 advanced 1,279 declined and 25 were unchanged.
Index shakers
Bharti Airtel [Get Quote] tumbled 6% to Rs 907.
Wipro [Get Quote] slumped 5% to Rs 461. Infosys [Get Quote] plunged over 3% to Rs 1,530. TCS [Get Quote] and Satyam [Get Quote] shed 2.8% each at Rs 961 and Rs 399, respectively.
Maruti [Get Quote] dropped nearly 5% to Rs 855. HDFC [Get Quote] slipped 2.7% to Rs 2,977.
Mahindra & Mahindra, ACC and Bajaj Auto [Get Quote] declined nearly 2.5% each to Rs 756, Rs 876 and Rs 2,459, respectively.
ICICI Bank [Get Quote] and Hindustan Unilever were down over 2% each to Rs 1,409 and Rs 220, respectively.
...And the movers
NTPC soared 4.7% to Rs 285. Reliance surged nearly 3% to Rs 3,216.
BHEL, Reliance Communications [Get Quote] and HDFC Bank advanced around 1.5% each to Rs 2,474, Rs 805 and Rs 1,788, respectively.
SBI [Get Quote] and Ranbaxy [Get Quote] were up 1% each at Rs 2,462 and Rs 399, respectively. | Major Gainers | Major Losers | | Name | Close | % Chg | Name | Close | % Chg | | Tips Inds | 121.25 | 20.0 | Aries Agro | 210.50 | 16.3 | | Indo Borax | 159.15 | 20.0 | Torrent Cables [Get Quote] | 347.60 | 14.3 | | Eleg Mar | 76.60 | 20.0 | Hitech Plast [Get Quote] | 95.10 | 8.6 | | Hilton Met | 58.30 | 20.0 | Sri Ganapath | 34.55 | 8.2 | | Burnpur | 42.70 | 20.0 | Conart Eng | 42.05 | 8.1 | | (Close = Stock pirce at the end of day in Rs) |
Value & Volume Toppers
Reliance Natural Resources [Get Quote] topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 488.25 crore followed by Jaiprakash Associates [Get Quote] (Rs 322.50 crore), Reliance Communications (Rs 196.60 crore), Reliance Petroleum [Get Quote] (Rs 189 crore) and Reliance (Rs 176.70 crore).
Reliance Natural Resources led the volume chart with trades of around 2.23 crore shares followed by Porwal Auto (1.99 crore), Ispat Industries [Get Quote] (1.43 crore), Centurion Bank of Punjab [Get Quote] (1.02 crore) and Reliance Petroleum (Rs 84.40 lakh).
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