| | | | Index Performance | | Index | Sensex | Nifty | | Open | 15,066.71 | 4,373.90 | | High | 15,069.64 | 4,394.30 | | Low | 14,964.66 | 4,354.35 | | Today's Cls | 15,000.91 | 4,370.20 | | Prev Cls | 15,017.21 | 4,373.65 | | Change | -16.30 | -3.45 | | % Change | -0.11 | -0.08 | | | | Market Indicators | | Top Movers (Group A) | | Company | Price
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chg | | Gainers | | Chambal Fertilisers | 35.95 | 6.52 | | Bongaigaon Refinery | 55.20 | 5.54 | | HDIL | 544.85 | 4.64 | | GIPCL | 65.90 | 4.60 | | CMC | 1,072.15 | 4.28 | | Losers | | Dredging Corporation | 530.00 | -3.84 | | Spice Comm. | 52.85 | -3.29 | | Indian Hotels | 135.45 | -3.22 | | Sun TV | 342.50 | -3.08 | | United Phosphorus | 326.05 | -3.03 | | | Market Statistics | | - | BSE | NSE | | Advances | 1,573 | 588 | | Declines | 1,104 | 524 | | Unchanged | 87 | 31 | | Volume(Nos) | 35.61cr | 41.20cr | | | | | | Market Commentary | | | Market lacked the lustre | | After exhibiting subdued trend for the better part of the day, the Sensex closed marginally below its previous close. | | After opening marginally above its previous close, the Sensex slipped into the red tracking weak global cues. | | | | The market continued to trade in a narrow range thereafter. The lack of interest in buying and the selling in index pivotal stocks dragged the index to the day's low of 14,965 by the afternoon. The Sensex entered into the green in the late trades due to resumption of buying in energy, banking and consumer durable stocks. But the index could not withstand the selling pressure and entered into the red again, finally closing the session at 15,001, down 16 points. The Nifty ended the session three points down at 4,370. | | | Movers & Shakers | - Petron Engineering jumped after bagging a contract for the supply of fired heaters to Bina Refinery project developed by Bharat Oman Refineries.
- Solar Explosives rallied sharply on bagging order worth Rs11,163 crore from Coal India Ltd for supplying bulk explosives.
- Sunil Hitech Engineers closed in the green on bagging a contract worth Rs11,175 crore from JSW (Ratnagiri) Ltd.
- Sterlite Optical surged on receiving a contract from BSNL worth Rs38 crore to install pan-India optical fiber access network for the company.
- Pratibha Industries gained on securing a contract from Indore Development Authority worth Rs138 crore.
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However, the market breadth was positive. Of the 2,764 stocks that traded on the BSE, 1,573 stocks advanced, 1,104 stocks declined and 87 stocks ended unchanged. Among the sectoral indices, the BSE CD index moved up by 2.07% followed by the BSE Realty index (up 1.19%). However, the BSE Auto index, the BSE HC index, the BSE IT index, the BSE FMCG index and the BSE Teck index closed in negative territory.
Among the index heavyweights, NTPC flared up by 2.98% at Rs173, ONGC spurted 1.27% at Rs854, HDFC Bank scaled up 1.26% at Rs1,150, while Hindalco, Bharti Airtel, Dr Reddy's Lab, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Auto, Wipro and Reliance Industries gained marginally. However, ACC tumbled 2.17% at Rs990, HDFC slipped 2.13% at Rs1,941, Grasim was down 1.97% at Rs2,879, HLL lost 1.72% at Rs200 and M&M fell 1.59% at Rs679.
Over 1.92 crore Nagarjuna Fertilizers’ shares changed hands on the BSE followed by IKF Technologies (1.57 crore shares), IFCI (1.23 crore shares), Reliance Natural Resources (1.03 crore shares) and Omnitech (89.95 lakh shares).
Everonn Systems was the most actively traded counter on the BSE and registered a turnover of Rs380 crore followed by Omnitech (Rs150 crore), Orbit Corporation (Rs138 crore), IDBI (Rs97 crore) and SBI (Rs96 crore).
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