| | | | Index Performance | | Index | Sensex | Nifty | | Open | 15,061.13 | 4,355.75 | | High | 15,235.51 | 4,428.10 | | Low | 15,061.13 | 4,355.75 | | Today's Cls | 15,138.40 | 4,401.55 | | Prev Cls | 14,985.70 | 4,356.35 | | Change | 152.70 | 45.20 | | % Change | 1.02 | 1.04 | | | | Market Indicators | | Top Movers (Group A) | | Company | Price
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chg | | Gainers | | Lanco Infra | 259.70 | 12.50 | | GMR Infra | 832.20 | 8.46 | | Aditya Birla Nuvo | 1,493.70 | 6.89 | | i-flex | 2,169.00 | 6.53 | | Exide Industries | 58.15 | 6.50 | | Losers | | iGate Global | 237.00 | -3.32 | | Sun TV | 378.50 | -2.41 | | JSW Steel | 679.80 | -2.02 | | CMC | 1,068.45 | -2.00 | | Jindal Steel | 3,990.00 | -1.69 | | | Market Statistics | | - | BSE | NSE | | Advances | 1,538 | 719 | | Declines | 1,002 | 389 | | Unchanged | 68 | 30 | | Volume(Nos) | 24.52cr | 36.08cr | | | | | | Market Commentary | | | Sensex ends firm on lower inflation numbers | | After exhibiting considerable volatility during intra-day trades, the Sensex ended firm at 15,138, up 153 points. | | The market continued its winning trend for the second consecutive session. Today, the market opened 75 points higher tracking the positive global cues and remained | | | | above 15,200 level for the major part of the session. Sustained buying thereafter in capital goods, cement and banking stocks helped the Sensex touch the intra-day high of 15,236, up 250 points to its previous close. The index also received support from State Bank of India and ACC. The market remained firm in mid-session trades on lower inflation numbers as inflation declined to 4.36% during the week ended July 21 as compared with 4.41% for the previous week as some essential food items like pulses, fruits and eggs turned cheaper. However, the market slipped towards the close on profit bookings in select frontline stocks and ended the session at 15,138, up 153 points. The broad based Nifty closed the session at 4,402 by adding 45 points.
The market breadth was positive. Of the 2,608 stocks traded on the BSE, 1,538 stocks advanced, 1,002 stocks declined and 68 stocks ended unchanged. All the sectoral indices ended higher. The BSE Realty index gained 2.15%, followed by the BSE CD index (up 2.09%), the BSE PSU index (up 1.56%) and the BSE CG index (up 1.44%). | | | Movers & Shakers | - Era Constructions surged after bagging a contract from NTPC worth Rs136 crore.
- Steel Strips Wheels moved up on achieving highest ever production of 4.30 lakh wheel rims during July 2007.
- Apar Industries closed with marginal gains on bagging large export orders for aluminum conductors worth Rs111.50 crore.
- Punj Lloyd gained on signing a MoU with Ramprastha Group for the development of multi-storied residential housing in Ghaziabad.
- Accentia Technologies soared on receiving an order worth €2.1 million for its custom designed hospital process management suite.
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Among the heavyweights, SBI soared 2.72% at Rs1,636, NTPC advanced 2.34% at Rs166, HDFC added 2.24% at Rs1,989, ACC scaled up 2.06% at Rs1,003, Grasim rose 1.78% at Rs1,961 and Hindalco jumped 1.75% at Rs162. Tata Steel, Maruti Udyog, ICICI Bank and Bajaj Auto gained over 1% each. Among the laggards Ranbaxy dropped 1.40% at Rs366, Dr Reddy's Lab lost 1.28% at Rs623, Ambuja Cement, Bharti Airtel, Reiance Industries and HDFC Bank were marginally down.
Realty stocks registered strong gains. Indiabulls Real Estate surged 4.96% at Rs538, Peninsula Land advanced 3.94% at Rs441, Akruti Nirman gained 2.78% at Rs551 and DLF soared 2.66% at Rs602.
Over 2.66 crore IFCI shares changed hands on the BSE followed by Reliance Natural Resources (83.76 lakh shares), Simplex Projects (67.19 lakh shares), Reliance Petroleum (42.32 lakh shares) and Manglore Chemicals (38.30 lakh shares).
Reliance Industries was the most actively traded counter on the BSE with a turnover of Rs193 crore followed by Simplex Projects (Rs188 crore), IFCI (Rs158 crore), GMR Infrastructure (Rs154 crore) and Unitech (Rs146 crore).
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