| | | | Index Performance | | Index | Sensex | Nifty | | Open | 15,030.21 | 4,548.05 | | High | 15,272.56 | 4,572.65 | | Low | 15,013.06 | 4,497.25 | | Today's Cls | 15,093.12 | 4,529.05 | | Prev Cls | 15,212.13 | 4,552.25 | | Change | -119.01 | -23.20 | | % Change | -0.78 | -0.51 | | | | Market Indicators | | Top Movers (Group A) | | Company | Price
(Rs) | %
chg | | Gainers | | Dish TV | 39.75 | 10.26 | | UCO Bank | 40.80 | 10.12 | | Torrent Power | 119.35 | 7.52 | | GSPL | 64.85 | 6.14 | | Reliance Industrial Infra | 969.30 | 5.00 | | Losers | | Tata Chemicals | 315.50 | -6.57 | | Power Finance | 138.70 | -5.81 | | Lanco Infra | 325.05 | -5.26 | | Indian Bank | 121.10 | -5.13 | | Triveni Engineering | 112.20 | -4.79 | | | Market Statistics | | - | BSE | NSE | | Advances | 1,238 | 496 | | Declines | 1,420 | 691 | | Unchanged | 91 | 41 | | Volume(Nos) | 33.22cr | 57.50cr | | | | | | Market Commentary | | | Sensex sheds 119 points | | Weakness in global indices triggers a fall in the domestic market and the Sensex closes 119 points down. | | Weakeness in global indices made the investors jittery and triggered a sell-off in the domestic market. The market opened on a bearish note at 15,030, down 182 | 
| | | points from the yesterday’s close. By mid-morning trades, the Sensex managed to recover some losses and touched intra-day high of 15,273, up 61 points. However, the index succumbed to selling in banking, reality and capital goods stocks. Some buying at lower levels towards the close saw the Sensex recover a little and end the session with losses of 119 points at 15,093, while the Nifty closed at 4,529, down 23 points. The market breadth was weak. Of the 2,749 stocks traded on the BSE, 1,420 (51%) stocks declined, 1,238 (45%) stocks advanced and 91 (3%) stocks ended unchanged. Most of the sectoral indices posted losses for the day. The BSE Bankex was the biggest loser and slipped 2.23% at 7,271 followed by the BSE Realty Index (down 1.31% at 5,610.83) and the BSE CG Index (down 1.05% at 12,607). However, the BSE IT gained 1.11% at 3,813.96 followed by the BSE HC Index (up 1.05% at 4,279.90). The BSE Teck and BSE FMCG Index ended with steady gains.
Among the laggards, ICICI Bank was down 3.77% at Rs710.55, HDFC Bank declined 3.69% at Rs1217.20, DLF shed 3.29% at Rs548.60, Reliance Infrastructure dropped 2.45% at Rs1,067.85, HDFC lost 2.13% at Rs2,414.10 and Hindalco fell 2% at Rs139.55. However, select heavyweights attracted decent buying support. Sterlite Industries India added 2.67% at Rs613, Infosys rose 1.34% at Rs1,625.20 and Tata Consultancy Services gained 1.20% at Rs828.05.
Over 2.44 crore Reliance Natural Resouces shares changed hands on the BSE followed by Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals (1.13 crore shares), Nagarjuna Fertilisers and Chemicals(1.09 crore shares) and Ispat Industries(1crore shares). | | | | | | | | European Indices at 16:10 IST on 13-08-2008 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | FTSE 100 Index | 5502.80 | -31.70 | -0.57 | | CAC 40 Index | 4477.07 | -41.41 | -0.92 | | DAX Index | 6544.28 | -41.59 | -0.29 | | | | | | | | | | | Asian Indices at close on 13-08-2008 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | Nikkei 225 | 13023.05 | -280.55 | -2.11 | | Hang Seng Index | 21293.32 | -119.01 | -0.78 | | Kospi Index | 1562.72 | -14.40 | -0.91 | | Straits Times Index | 2811.79 | -5.03 | -0.18 | | Jakarta Composite Index | 2063.52 | 5.94 | 0.29 | | | | | | | | 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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