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Last Updated: January 30, 2008 16:52 IST
The Sensex opened marginally (28 points) higher at 18,120, and touched a high of 18,129 in early deals. The index soon slipped into negative zone on weak global markets. Persistent weakness thereafter saw the index slip to a low of 17,684 - down 445 points from the day's high - in noon deals.
Some recovery towards the closing bell saw the Sensex finally end with a loss of 333 points (1.8%) at 17,759.
The NSE Nifty settled with a loss of 113 points (2.1%) at 5,168.
The BSE market breadth was significantly negative - out of 2,787 stocks traded, 2,018 declined, 726 advanced and the balance were unchanged today.
Index Shakers...
Reliance Energy [Get Quote] slumped 5.5% to Rs 1,992. Hindustan Unilever and ONGC [Get Quote] plunged 5% each to Rs 197 and Rs 969, respectively.
Reliance Communications [Get Quote] and NTPC tumbled 4.7% each to Rs 612 and Rs 202, respectively.
Reliance dropped over 4% to Rs 2,470. Bajaj Auto [Get Quote] declined 3.3% to Rs 2,301.
ICICI Bank [Get Quote] and Tata Motors [Get Quote] slipped nearly 3% each to Rs 1,185 and Rs 696, respectively. DLF was down 2.3% to Rs 862.
Hindalco [Get Quote] and Maruti [Get Quote] declined around 2% each to Rs 176 and Rs 841, respectively.
...And The Movers
BHEL moved up 1.8% to Rs 2,089.
HDFC [Get Quote] advanced 1.5% to Rs 2,894, and Tata Steel [Get Quote] added 1% to Rs 724.
| Major Gainers | Major Losers | ||||
| Name | Close | % Chg | Name | Close | % Chg |
| Ren Jewellery | 113.60 | 13.0 | Ador Multi | 20.25 | 18.7 |
| ABC Paper | 73.00 | 11.9 | U P Hotels [Get Quote] | 337.10 | 14.9 |
| India Motor | 214.95 | 10.8 | Hawkins Cook | 195.00 | 12.7 |
| Geodinfo System | 188.35 | 10.5 | Bilcare | 950.00 | 12.4 |
| SEL Manuf | 214.60 | 10.0 | Steel Cast [Get Quote] | 148.55 | 12.4 |
| (Close = Stock pirce at the end of day in Rs) | |||||
Most Active Counters
Reliance Natural Resources [Get Quote] topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 223.30 crore followed by Essar Oil [Get Quote] (Rs 217.60 crore), Reliance Energy (Rs 178.30 crore), Reliance Petroleum [Get Quote] (Rs 155.25 crore) and Reliance Capital [Get Quote] (Rs 138.90 crore).
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