| | | | Index Performance | | Index | Sensex | Nifty | | Open | 8,939.38 | 2,755.15 | | High | 9,113.92 | 2,806.50 | | Low | 8,922.31 | 2,736.65 | | Today's Cls | 9,015.18 | 2,776.15 | | Prev Cls | 9,035.00 | 2,770.50 | | Change | -19.82 | 5.65 | | % Change | -0.22 | 0.20 | | | | Market Indicators | | Top Movers (Group A) | | Company | Price
(Rs) | %
chg | | Gainers | | Alstom Projects | 283.15 | 9.07 | | DLF | 158.70 | 7.34 | | Educomp Solutions | 2,117.75 | 5.56 | | BPCL | 416.55 | 5.46 | | Bajaj Auto | 496.50 | 4.71 | | Losers | | GE Shipping | 165.70 | -6.81 | | Spice Tele | 67.55 | -6.57 | | Jubilant ORG | 115.50 | -5.56 | | Union Bank | 128.05 | -5.36 | | Gujarat NRE Coke | 21.35 | -4.90 | | | Market Statistics | | - | BSE | NSE | | Advances | 1,006 | 456 | | Declines | 1,381 | 690 | | Unchanged | 107 | 66 | | Volume(Nos) | 22.60cr | 50.90cr | | | | | | Market Commentary | | | Market ends flat | | The Sensex ended with modest gains after witnessing an intra-day swing of 102 points. | | The market returned to stability in the afternoon and gradually picked up momentum on healthy buying in reality and oil stocks but slipped into the red on profit booking towards the close. | 
| | | The Sensex opened on a cautious note at 8939, down 96 points, tracing the 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 9114. However, a strong bout of selling thereafter saw the market enter 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 9015, down 20 points, while the Nifty ended the session at 2776, up six points.
The market breadth was negative, of the 2,494 stocks that traded on the BSE, 1,381 stocks declined, 1,006 stocks advanced and 107 stocks ended unchanged. Most of the sectoral indices ended in the red. The BSE Bankex dropped 2.27% followed by the BSE CD Index (down 1.70%) and the BSE HC Index (down 0.37%). However, the BSE Realty Index gained 3.18%, the BSE Oil Index rose 1.39% and the BSE Power Index gained 0.51%.
Among the Sensex stocks, reality major DLF was the lead gainer and its stock price soared 7.34% to Rs158.70. Among the other stocks, Maruti advanced 4.39% to Rs624.80 and ACC jumped 3.19% to Rs562.90 while Reliance Industries, BHEL, NTPC, Bharti, Tata Motors, JP Associates and Grasim closed with marginal gains. Among the laggards, HDFC slipped 4.76% to Rs1,364.30 and Mahindra & Mahindra shed 4.74% to Rs284.55. ICICI Bank declined by 4.29% at Rs369.35, Reliance Infra fell by 3.41% to Rs501.20 and SBI lost 2.69% to Rs1,070.80.
Over 1.26 crore Unitech shares changed hands on the BSE followed by Cals Refinery (0.93 crore shares), Satyam (0.89 crore shares), DLF (87 lakh shares) and Suzlon Energy (69.96 lakh shares). | | | | | | | | European Indices at 16:00 IST on 18-02-2009 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | FTSE 100 Index | 3968.25 | -65.88 | -1.63 | | CAC 40 Index | 2838.09 | -37.14 | -1.29 | | DAX INDEX | 4154.66 | -62.89 | -1.51 | | | | | | | | | | | Asian Indices at close on 18-02-2009 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | Nikkei 225 | 7534.44 | -111.07 | -1.45 | | Hang Seng Index | 13016.00 | 70.60 | 0.55 | | Kospi Index | 1113.19 | -14.00 | -1.24 | | Straits Times Index | 1651.06 | 13.14 | 0.80 | | Jakarta Composite Index | 1330.61 | 12.57 | 0.95 | | | | | | | | 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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