| | | | Index Performance | | Index | Sensex | Nifty | | Open | 9,633.21 | 2,981.70 | | High | 9,826.22 | 3,054.30 | | Low | 9,547.21 | 2,966.40 | | Today's Cls | 9,708.50 | 3,020.95 | | Prev Cls | 9,568.14 | 2,978.15 | | Change | 140.36 | 42.80 | | % Change | 1.47 | 1.44 | | | | Market Indicators | | Top Movers (Group A) | | Company | Price
(Rs) | %
chg | | Gainers | | Bhushan Steel | 398.30 | 19.92 | | Siemense | 269.50 | 10.04 | | JSW Steel | 231.85 | 8.54 | | Indiabulls Real Estate | 99.80 | 8.07 | | Biocon | 144.50 | 7.96 | | Losers | | NALCO | 214.45 | -5.07 | | KSK Energy | 190.95 | -3.61 | | Oriental Bank | 109.90 | -2.96 | | HDFC | 1,411.20 | -2.71 | | Andhra Bank | 44.95 | -2.49 | | | Market Statistics | | - | BSE | NSE | | Advances | 1,551 | 820 | | Declines | 903 | 352 | | Unchanged | 88 | 54 | | Volume(Nos) | 33.84cr | 82.29cr | | | | | | Market Commentary | | | Market hit at fag end | | Market closes with gains, but slips 228 points from the day's high of 9826. | | The market appeared to be heading towards a negative close after a strong bout of profit-taking towards the close shaved off nearly 228 points from the day’s high. | 
| | | Starting the day with a gap of 65 points at 9633, suddenly the market crashed into negative territory and touched the day’s low of 9547. Sensex witnessed unrestrained buying in several counters that held the market firm above 9700 levels for the rest of the trading session. In the afternoon session, the index notched up further gains to touch the day's high of 9826. Towards the close, the market slipped, as weakness in select heavyweights, consumer durables and public sector units stocks shaved off nearly 117 points from the day’s high. Sensex ended the session with gains of 140 points at 9709, while Nifty gained 43 point to close at 3021.
The market breadth, the number of advancing shares to declining shares, was positive. Of the 2,542 stocks trading on BSE, 1,551 stocks advanced, whereas 903 stocks declines. Eighty eight stocks ended unchanged. All the 13 sectoral indices on BSE remained marginally up. BSE CG gained 3.29% followed by BSE HC (up 2.97%) and BSE Realty (up 2.93%). BSE Auto, BSE Metal, BSE Teck, BSE IT and BSE FMCG posted gains of above 2% each. Rest of the indices closed in a positive territory with marginal gains.
Among Sensex stocks, JP Associates was the leading gainer, soaring 7.26% to Rs84.20, Tata Steel advanced 5.02% to Rs206, Tata Motors jumped 4.64% to Rs180.30, Ranbaxy Laboratories shot up by 4.58% at Rs165.60, State Bank of India added 4.36% at Rs1,066.55, while Reliance Communications, Mahindra & Mahindra, Hindalco Industries, Larsen & Toubro and ITC closed with gains. Among laggards, HDFC tumbled 2.71% at Rs1411.20, National Thermal Power Corporation shed 1.80% at Rs180.20, ICICI Bank lost 1.58% at Rs332.60 and Hindustan Unilever and ONGC declined by 0.50% and 0.41% respectively.
Over 1.55 crore shares of Unitech changed hands on BSE followed by GVK Power & Infrastructure (1.39 crore shares), Cals Refineries (1.20 crore shares), Reliance Natural Resources (1.13 lakh shares) and ICICI Bank (1.05 crore shares). | | | | | | | | European Indices at 16:00 IST on 31-03-2009 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | FTSE 100 Index | 3862.11 | 99.20 | 2.64 | | CAC 40 Index | 2758.55 | 39.21 | 1.44 | | DAX INDEX | 4035.98 | 46.75 | 1.17 | | | | | | | | | | | Asian Indices at close on 31-03-2009 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | Nikkei 225 | 8109.53 | -126.55 | -1.54 | | Hang Seng Index | 13576.02 | 119.69 | 0.89 | | Kospi Index | 1206.26 | 8.80 | 0.73 | | Straits Times Index | 1699.99 | 26.85 | 1.60 | | Jakarta Composite Index | 1434.07 | 14.98 | 1.06 | | | | | | | | 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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