| | | | Index Performance | | Index | Sensex | Nifty | | Open | 9,241.56 | 2,802.75 | | High | 9,247.09 | 2,816.80 | | Low | 9,017.08 | 2,754.85 | | Today's Cls | 9,090.88 | 2,780.05 | | Prev Cls | 9,201.85 | 2,803.05 | | Change | -110.97 | -23.00 | | % Change | -1.21 | -0.82 | | | | Market Indicators | | Top Movers (Group A) | | Company | Price
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chg | | Gainers | | Essar Shipping | 31.50 | 7.69 | | Akruti City | 887.50 | 7.32 | | GE Shipping | 189.10 | 6.57 | | Sesa Goa | 91.20 | 5.80 | | United Spirits | 566.95 | 5.61 | | Losers | | Sintex Industries | 115.45 | -8.15 | | Spice Tele | 76.40 | -7.45 | | Sterlite Industries | 263.40 | -5.71 | | M&M | 266.75 | -5.69 | | ABB | 437.40 | -5.59 | | | Market Statistics | | - | BSE | NSE | | Advances | 1,001 | 409 | | Declines | 1,459 | 744 | | Unchanged | 108 | 60 | | Volume(Nos) | 33.88cr | 69.35cr | | | | | | Market Commentary | | | Down 111 points | | Market slips on the back of weakness in international markets and shed over 1% amid heavy selling in heavyweight, auto, consumer durables and information technology stocks. | | After yesterday's upsurge of 53 points, the market failed to rally further as weak Asian indices and overnight fall on US bourses weighed on investor sentiment. Barring | 
| | | metal and health care stocks, all other sectors witnessed selling. Sensex opened with a positive gap of 40 points at 9242 but heavy selling turned the markets negative, which did not recover all through the day from early slump. While the market moved in a range for a better part of the trading session, the index witnessed a steep fall towards the close and nearly breached the 9000 mark to touch the day's low of 9017. Sensex pared some losses on selective buying and ended the session with losses of 111 points at 9091, while Nifty declined by 23 points to close at 2780.
The market breadth was weak. Of the 2,568 stocks traded on BSE, 1,459 stocks declined, 1001 stocks advanced and 108 stocks ended unchanged. Among sectoral indices, BSE Auto dropped sharply losing 1.98% while BSE CD, BSE IT, BSE CG and BSE Teck were down over 1% each. BSE Metal and BSE HC were the only gainers.
Heavyweights led the fall in Sensex. Sterlite Industries slipped by 6.21% at Rs262, Mahindra & Mahindra slumped by 5.96% at Rs266, Maruti Suzuki India shed 4.07% at Rs577.50, HDFC lost 3.66% at Rs1,389.65 and Tata Consultancy Services was down 3.27% at Rs482.75. Tata Motors, Larsen & Toubro, Reliance Communications and Hindalco Industries declined by around 1-2% each. Among gainers, Grasim Industries rose by 3.13% at Rs1,326.20 while Tata Steel, Ranbaxy Laboratories and ACC ended with modest gains.
Over 5.78 crore shares of Wire & Wireless India changed hands on BSE followed by Mercator Lines (2.20 crore shares), Firstsource Solutions (1.93 crore shares), Satyam Computer Services (1.88 crore shares) and Ispat Industries (1.47 crore shares). | | | | | | | | European Indices at 16:00 IST on 05-02-2009 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | FTSE 100 Index | 4205.97 | -22.63 | -0.54 | | CAC 40 Index | 3031.64 | -37.35 | -1.22 | | DAX INDEX | 4454.09 | -38.72 | -0.89 | | | | | | | | | | | Asian Indices at close on 05-02-2009 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | Nikkei 225 | 7949.65 | -89.29 | -0.29 | | Hang Seng Index | 13178.90 | 115.01 | 0.88 | | Kospi Index | 1177.88 | -17.49 | -1.46 | | Straits Times Index | 1704.60 | -2.79 | -0.16 | | Jakarta Composite Index | 1328.07 | 7.71 | 0.58 | | | | | | | | 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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