| | | | Index Performance | | Index | Sensex | Nifty | | Open | 13,234.53 | 3,962.95 | | High | 13,684.27 | 4,110.55 | | Low | 13,093.34 | 3,926.30 | | Today's Cls | 13,635.40 | 4,092.25 | | Prev Cls | 13,111.85 | 3,947.20 | | Change | 523.55 | 145.05 | | % Change | 3.99 | 3.67 | | | | Market Indicators | | Top Movers (Group A) | | Company | Price
(Rs) | %
chg | | Gainers | | IDFC | 109.70 | 15.47 | | ICICI Bank | 617.60 | 12.05 | | Indian Bank | 89.00 | 10.08 | | Essar Shipping | 105.65 | 9.99 | | HDFC | 2,067.55 | 9.47 | | Losers | | Satyam Computer | 385.95 | -7.51 | | Tata Chemicals | 254.25 | -6.16 | | HCL Tech | 201.10 | -5.85 | | Bajaj Hindusthan | 143.85 | -3.81 | | Wipro | 365.55 | -3.75 | | | Market Statistics | | - | BSE | NSE | | Advances | 1,616 | 795 | | Declines | 980 | 384 | | Unchanged | 90 | 43 | | Volume(Nos) | 28.05cr | 54.63cr | | | | | | Market Commentary | | | Volatile market ends buoyant | | Led by buying in banking and realty stocks, Sensex recovered smartly in the afternoon and ended firm at 13,635. | | Sensex wiped out losses of over 1,000 points incurred by it in the last five sessions, after a strong bout of buying led by banking, realty, public sector unit and oil & gas | 
| | | stocks triggered a wide-spread buying. In a highly volatile trading session, Sensex resumed 123 points higher at 13,235 following weakness in Asian indices and crashed to the day's low of 13,093 on relentless selling. While the market was on a recovery path thereafter, the Sensex witnessed a sharp turnaround in the afternoon as gains in heavyweights and banking and realty stocks propelled it to an intra-day high of 13,684. After gyrating 591 points during the intra-day trades, Sensex gained 524 points to close at 13,635, while Nifty ended 145 points higher at 4,092. The market breadth was positive. Of the 2,686 stocks traded on the BSE 1,616 stocks advanced, 980 stocks declined and 90 stocks ended unchanged. Except the BSE Metal and BSE IT indexes, other sectoral indices ended positive. The BSE Bankex index led the pack and gained 8.02% at 6,186 followed by the BSE Realty index (up 5.52% at 4,428) and the BSE PSU index (up 4.30% at 5,866.67). ICICI Bank was the star performer among the heavyweights and the stock soared 12.05% at Rs617.60. Among the other major gainers, HDFC advanced 9.47% at Rs2,067.55, HDFC Bank jumped 7.87% at Rs1,033.55, Jaiprakash Associates rose 7.72% at Rs160.55, Bharti Airtel moved up by 7.10% at Rs802, DLF advanced 6.99% at Rs457.05 and Reliance Infra added 6.07% at Rs855.65. While State Bank of India (SBI), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, ITC, National Thermal Power Corporation, Reliance Industries, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Larsen & Toubro, Reliance Communications and Maruti Suzuki India ended with a gain of over 4-5%. Banking stocks were in demand and scaled higher. Yes Bank soared 8.93% at Rs120.20, Axis Bank flared up 8.07% at Rs686.80, HDFC Bank added 7.87% at Rs1,033.55, Punjab National Bank gained 7.56% at Rs440.45 and UBI was up 6.62% at Rs115.20. In realty pack, Ansal zoomed 7.83% at Rs93.60, Indiabulls Realestate shot up by 7.62% at Rs290.25, DLF Infraprojects rose 6.99% at Rs457.05 and HDIL gained 4.99% at Rs431.35. | | | | | | | | European Indices at 16:26 IST on 18-07-2008 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | FTSE 100 Index | 5283.70 | -2.60 | -0.05 | | CAC 40 Index | 4248.27 | 22.28 | 0.53 | | DAX Index | 6288.99 | 17.72 | 0.28 | | | | | | | | | | | Asian Indices at close on 18-07-2008 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | Nikkei 225 | 12803.70 | -84.25 | -0.65 | | Hang Seng Index | 21874.19 | 139.47 | 0.64 | | Kospi Index | 1509.99 | -15.57 | -1.02 | | Straits Times Index | 2847.73 | -16.37 | -0.57 | | Jakarta Composite Index | 2141.13 | -26.57 | -1.23 | | | | | | | | To know more about our products and services, click here. | | | | | | | “This document has been prepared by Sharekhan Ltd. This Document is subject to changes without prior notice and is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed to and may contain confidential and/or privileged material and is not for any type of circulation. Any review, retransmission, or any other use is prohibited. Kindly note that this document does not constitute an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction.
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