The rally in most of these stocks is partly attributed to impressive financial performance.
The Sensex touched a high of 15,798, and finally ended with a gain of 403 points (2.6%) at 15,760. The NSE Nifty was up 122 points at 4,746. The BSE Realty index surged 4.8% to 7,713. New entrant Jaiprakash Associates soared nearly 8% to Rs 236. Reliance Energy, DLF, ICICI Bank, Satyam, Reliance Communications, TCS, Infosys & Tata Steel were gainers on Friday. Bharti Airtel, M&M, Ambuja Cements & Maruti were notable losers. Reliance Natural Resources topped the value charts.
The NSE index, Nifty, hogged the limelight on Monday as the index scaled a new all-time intra-day high of 4269. The index also settled at a record level of 4,261 -- up 46 points.
The Sensex opened marginally lower at 13,949 - down 17 points
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 42 points at 13,823.
At the BSE, 1,552 stocks advanced, while 1,419 declined and 118 remained unchanged.
Public sector major Oil & Natural Gas Corporation on Monday reported 6.46 per cent decline in net profit at Rs 4,366.54 crore (Rs 43.66 billion) for the quarter ended December 31, 2007 compared to Rs 4,668.31 crore (Rs 46.68 billion) in the year-ago period.
BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices registered an uptick of 0.06%, and 0.05%, respectively
Reliance led the rally today with a gain of nearly 3% (Rs 83) at Rs 2,986. ICICI Bank advanced nearly 5% (Rs 57) to Rs 1,285. L&T gained 4.5% (Rs 183) to Rs 4,244.
Reliance Industries Ltd, which recently demerged its overseas oil and gas projects, is debating hiving off its giant Krishna-Godavari gas field, but ruled out talks for inducting US energy major Chevron as equity partner.
The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 240 points at 19,603. The Nifty gains 102 points at 5,865.
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Strong gains in metal, energy, auto and power shares lifted the key indices to new highs.
The markets opened in red in line with weak Asian peers.
The stock market benchmark Sensex on Monday crossed the psychologically gratifying 19,000- mark in a record four trading sessions on frantic buying in a number of front-line stocks.
Among Sensex constituents, HCL Tech suffered the most by diving 2.26 per cent, followed by HDFC shedding 2.10 per cent.
Being one of the early commentators to flag economic slowdown and caution investors on corporate earnings, Gautam Chhaochharia, head of India research, UBS Securities, in an interview with Hamsini Karthik says the markets remain in an expensive zone despite the recent correction.
The Sensex closed up 305.82 points or 2.32% at 13487.16, and the Nifty up 77.85 points or 2.07% at 3843.05.
The NSE Nifty ended at 4,938, up 7 points. The Realty index, however, dropped 3 per cent to 9085. The market breadth was negative - out of 2,816 stocks traded, 1,654 declined, 1,111 advanced and 51 were unchanged on Tuesday.
In the December quarter, Sensex earnings had contracted 5 per cent.
The market breadth was fairly positive -- out of 2,837 stocks traded, 1,813 advanced, 968 declined and 56 were unchanged on Tuesday.
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In the Sensex pack, ICICI Bank emerged as the top gainer by rising 0.97 per cent, while Tata Steel advanced 0.92 per cent.
Reflecting the bearish mood, all sectoral indices, led by metal, teck and healthcare, ended in the negative zone.
The broad market depicted strength. 1,525 shares rose and 1,131 shares fell. A total of 156 shares remained unchanged
The Sensex, which hit a high of 15,593 in intra-day deals today, closed with a gain of 271 points at 15,572.
Investor wealth on Wednesday diminished by Rs 1.84 lakh crore amid massive sell-off in the equity market.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 85 points at 14,088
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 90 points at 14,217
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 20 points at 13,949
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 158 points at 13,954.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 110 points at 14,044.
NSE Nifty ends at 4,151, up 63 points.