| | | | Index Performance | | Index | Sensex | Nifty | | Open | 15,430.31 | 4,529.35 | | High | 15,520.71 | 4,625.20 | | Low | 15,367.97 | 4,529.35 | | Today's Cls | 15,503.92 | 4,620.40 | | Prev Cls | 15,167.82 | 4,529.50 | | Change | 336.10 | 90.90 | | % Change | 2.22 | 2.01 | | | | Market Indicators | | Top Movers (Group A) | | Company | Price
(Rs) | %
chg | | Gainers | | Indiabulls Real Estate | 357.75 | 13.73 | | Indiabulls Financial | 343.90 | 10.42 | | Hindustan Construction | 109.00 | 8.67 | | Gammon India | 233.10 | 8.39 | | Nagarjuna Construction | 142.30 | 8.17 | | Losers | | Dr Reddy's | 609.15 | -2.59 | | Hindustan Zinc | 577.60 | -2.59 | | Sterlite Industries | 624.90 | -2.24 | | Dish TV | 37.10 | -2.11 | | Videocon Industries | 297.30 | -1.99 | | | Market Statistics | | - | BSE | NSE | | Advances | 1,738 | 844 | | Declines | 970 | 364 | | Unchanged | 68 | 30 | | Volume(Nos) | 32.23cr | 50.94cr | | | | | | Market Commentary | | | Sensex continues its winning streak | | The Sensex maintained its upward bias for the fifth straight session and gained 336 points at close. | | The Sensex has been maintaining a firm tone for the last five days and added another 336 points and closed at 15,504 on sustained buying in heavyweights, reality and banking stocks. | 
| | | The market opened strong at 15,430 on firm Asian cues and continued its rally to touch the intra-day high of 15,521. The index also received major support from JP Associates, Reliance Energy and ICICI Bank, which gained around 5-7% today. However, profit booking at higher levels and selling in few pivotal stocks dragged the Sensex to touch the day's low of 15,368. The market remained firm in the afternoon, but surged further on late round buying and ended firm above 15,500. The broad based Nifty closed at 4,620, up 91 points.
The breadth of the market was positive. Of the 2,776 stocks traded on the BSE 1,738 stocks advanced, 970 stocks declined and 68 stocks ended unchanged. Among the sectoral indices, the BSE Realty ended firm with gains of 5.27% at 5,799 and BSE Bankex rose 4.16% at 7,702. However, BSE Oil & Gas index, BSE PSU index, BSE Power index, BSE CG index, BSE Auto index and BSE FMCG index ended with gain of 1-2%.
Action in several index heavyweights lifted the market. JP Associates led the pack and shot up by 7.68% at Rs197.60. Reliance Energy soared 6.86% at Rs1,102, ICICI Bank surged 5.74% at Rs770.75, Maruti Suzuki India flared up by 5.27% at Rs715.50, State Bank of India jumped by 4.65% at Rs1,592.60, ONGC added 3.70% at Rs1,103.40, Reliance Communications advanced by 3.65% at Rs454.45, DLF moved up by 3.57% at Rs568.05 and Reliance Industries was up 3.36% at Rs2,326. However, Sterlite Industries at Rs624.90, Tata Consultancy Services at Rs833.60, Tisco at Rs644.80, Infosys at Rs1,670 and Hindalco at Rs144.50 dropped around 0.10-1% each.
Over 1.72 crore Reliance Natural Resources shares changed hands on the BSE followed by IFCI (0.99 crore shares), TTML (0.69 crore shares), Ispat Industries (0.57 crore shares) and Nagarjuna Fertilisers (0.57 crore shares). | | | | | | | | European Indices at 16:15 IST on 11-08-2008 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | FTSE 100 Index | 5523.90 | 46.40 | 0.85 | | CAC 40 Index | 4513.99 | 22.14 | 0.49 | | DAX Index | 6582.77 | 21.12 | 0.32 | | | | | | | | | | | Asian Indices at close on 11-08-2008 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | Nikkei 225 | 13430.91 | 262.50 | 1.99 | | Hang Seng Index | 21859.34 | -25.87 | -0.12 | | Kospi Index | 1581.09 | 12.37 | 0.79 | | Straits Times Index | 2825.39 | 17.85 | 0.64 | | Jakarta Composite Index | 2133.91 | -62.00 | -2.82 | | | | | | | | 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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