| | | | Index Performance | | Index | Sensex | Nifty | | Open | 16,816.94 | 4,836.55 | | High | 17,141.06 | 4,986.55 | | Low | 16,725.68 | 4,836.55 | | Today's Cls | 16,949.14 | 4,929.45 | | Prev Cls | 16,608.01 | 4,838.25 | | Change | 341.13 | 91.20 | | % Change | 2.05 | 1.88 | | | | Market Indicators | | Top Movers (Group A) | | Company | Price
(Rs) | %
chg | | Gainers | | Thermax | 639.00 | 10.17 | | Micro Inks | 303.95 | 7.50 | | Reliance Capital | 1,822.90 | 7.06 | | Hero Honda | 716.95 | 6.83 | | Tata Steel | 758.20 | 6.72 | | Losers | | Jaiprakash Associates | 265.25 | -12.04 | | Power Finance | 150.80 | -7.60 | | Engineers India | 683.90 | -4.99 | | GIPCL | 86.20 | -4.96 | | RCF | 75.70 | -4.96 | | | Market Statistics | | - | BSE | NSE | | Advances | 769 | 477 | | Declines | 1,940 | 713 | | Unchanged | 33 | 13 | | Volume(Nos) | 28.34cr | 49.33cr | | | | | | Market Commentary | | | Buoyancy lifts Sensex to close at 16,949 | | The Sensex maintained its upward bias for the entire session and gained 341 points to close at 16,949. | | The markets opened with an impressive gap up today tracking favorable cues from global markets. Good amount of buying in realty, metal, | | | | FMCG and banking space also helped the Sensex touch the day's high of 17,141 by mid-morning trades. However, sentiment remained buoyant for better part of the session, though selling in consumer durables, pharma and technology counters saw the Sensex give up its early gains to touch the day's low of 16,726, up 118 points its previous close. While the market moved between 16,700-16,900 range, the Sensex witnessed hectic buying activity in the last hour of the trading session and rallied sharply to close with a gain of 341 points at 16,949. The Nifty, too, after a mixed outing, moved up 91 points to close at 4,929.
The market breadth was negative. Of the 2,742 scrips that traded on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), 1,940 stocks declined, 769 stocks advanced and 33 stocks ended unchanged. Most of the sectoral indices ended in positive territory. The BSE Realty index surged 4.27% at 9,429, the BSE Metal index added 3.26% at 2,101, while the BSE Bankex index, the BSE Oil & Gas index and the BSE Power index gained over 2% each.
Buying was led by Tata Steel, which notched up gains of 6.72% at Rs758. Among the other gainers ITC advanced 5.98% at Rs196, BHEL added 5.52% at Rs1,982, HDFC Bank moved up 4.87% at Rs1,467, HDFC jumped by 3.91% at Rs2,725, ACC gained 3.72% at Rs745 and ICICI Bank was up 3.34% at Rs1,099. However, Cipla, Reliance Communications, Wipro, Bajaj Auto and Hindalco were down over 1-3%, while M&M and HLL closed with marginal losses.
Over 2.72 crore RNRL shares changed hands on the BSE followed by JP Associates (1.59 crore shares), Reliance Power (1.51 crore shares) and Reliance Petroleum (1.51 crore shares).
Reliance Power was the most actively traded counter on the BSE with a turnover of Rs531 crore followed by JP Associates (Rs429 crore), Reliance Industries (Rs349 crore), RNRL (Rs320 crore) and Tata Investment Corporation (Rs300 crore). | | | | | | | | European Indices at 17:00 IST on 13-02-2008 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | FTSE 100 | 5849.80 | -60.20 | -1.02 | | CAC 40 Index | 4812.97 | -27.74 | -0.57 | | Dax Index | 6931.31 | -36.53 | -0.52 | | | | | | | | | | | Asian Indices at close on 13-02-2008 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | Nikkei | 13068.30 | 46.34 | 0.36 | | Hang Seng | 23169.55 | 247.88 | 1.08 | | Kospi Index | 1631.78 | -11.51 | -0.70 | | Straits Times | 2949.54 | 23.31 | 0.80 | | Jakarta Composite | 2610.78 | 18.71 | 0.72 | | | | | | | | 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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