| | | | Index Performance | | Index | Sensex | Nifty | | Open | 10,765.39 | 3,376.85 | | High | 11,068.82 | 3,414.70 | | Low | 10,764.08 | 3,309.35 | | Today's Cls | 10,898.11 | 3,365.30 | | Prev Cls | 10,979.50 | 3,377.10 | | Change | -81.39 | -11.80 | | % Change | -0.74 | -0.35 | | | | Market Indicators | | Top Movers (Group A) | | Company | Price
(Rs) | %
chg | | Gainers | | Welspun Gujarat | 103.40 | 15.14 | | RCF | 49.45 | 9.40 | | Yes Bank | 79.85 | 8.20 | | Voltas | 59.65 | 7.28 | | IDFC | 75.65 | 6.85 | | Losers | | Zee Enter | 120.70 | -10.26 | | Punj Lloyd | 102.85 | -8.62 | | Tata Steel | 244.30 | -7.06 | | ICICI Bank | 398.80 | -6.51 | | Piramal Healthcare | 210.80 | -6.29 | | | Market Statistics | | - | BSE | NSE | | Advances | 1,226 | 520 | | Declines | 1,288 | 678 | | Unchanged | 83 | 43 | | Volume(Nos) | 47.38cr | 103.17cr | | | | | | Market Commentary | | | Back to square one, almost | | Sensex books modest losses after witnessing an intra-day swing of 305 points. | | The market returned to stability in afternoon and gradually picked up momentum on healthy buying in metal stocks, but slipped into the red on profit booking towards the close. | 
| | | The Sensex started the day on a negative note at 10,765, down 215 points, tracing weak Asian markets. The market remained choppy thereafter but with a positive bias. It moved gradually up on sustained buying in front-line stocks to touch the day's high of 11,069. However, a strong bout of selling thereafter saw the market dip into the red towards the close, but buying at lower levels helped the Sensex to pare some of the losses. The Sensex finally closed at 10898, down 81 points, while Nifty ended at 3365, down 12 points.
The market breadth was negative. Of the 2,597 stocks trading on the BSE, 1,288 stocks declined, 1,226 stocks advanced and 83 stocks ended unchanged. Most of the sectoral indices ended in the red. The BSE Bankex dropped 2.86% followed by the BSE Auto (down 2.52%), the BSE CG (down 2.39%) and the BSE Metal (down 1.80%). However, the BSE Realty gained 2.27%, the BSE FMCG rose 1.57% and the BSE HC gained 1.31%.
Among the Sensex stocks, Hindalco Industries was the lead gainer and its price soared 4.58% to Rs56. Among other stocks, Bharti Airtel advanced 4.09% to Rs717 and Tata Power jumped 3.45% to Rs888.95 while Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, DLF, ITC, HDFC Bank, Reliance Communications, Grasim Industries and Hindustan Unilever closed with marginal gains. Among laggards, ICICI Bank slipped 6.90% to Rs397.10, Tata Steel lost 6.77%, Tata Motors declined 4.96% and Maruti Suzuki India shed 4.80% to Rs794. Sterlite Industries declined by 4.08% at Rs383, State Bank of India fell 3.39% to Rs1,252 and Reliance Infrastructure lost 3.25% to Rs674.20.
Over 2.12 crore shares of Cals Refineries changed hands on the BSE followed by Unitech (1.99 crore shares), Suzlon Energy (1.70 crore shares), Reliance Natural Resources (1.56 crore shares) and Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd (1.39 crore shares). | | | | | | | | European Indices at 16:00 IST on 21-04-2009 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | FTSE 100 Index | 3983.23 | -7.63 | -0.19 | | CAC 40 Index | 2975.47 | 6.07 | 0.20 | | DAX INDEX | 4501.96 | 15.66 | 0.35 | | | | | | | | | | | Asian Indices at close on 21-04-2009 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | Nikkei 225 | 8711.33 | -213.42 | -2.39 | | Hang Seng Index | 15285.89 | -465.02 | -2.95 | | Kospi Index | 1336.81 | 0.42 | 0.03 | | Straits Times Index | 1887.25 | 12.40 | 0.66 | | Jakarta Composite Index | 1628.84 | -32.99 | -1.99 | | | | | | | | 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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