| | | | Index Performance | | Index | Sensex | Nifty | | Open | 9,023.04 | 2,797.05 | | High | 9,086.77 | 2,822.25 | | Low | 8,900.39 | 2,771.35 | | Today's Cls | 9,001.75 | 2,807.15 | | Prev Cls | 8,976.68 | 2,794.70 | | Change | 25.07 | 12.45 | | % Change | 0.28 | 0.45 | | | | Market Indicators | | Top Movers (Group A) | | Company | Price
(Rs) | %
chg | | Gainers | | Akruti City | 2,227.50 | 10.70 | | Godrej Consumer | 121.00 | 7.80 | | Tulip Tele | 418.25 | 7.31 | | GMR Infra | 86.30 | 7.27 | | GMDC | 38.80 | 7.18 | | Losers | | Jai Corp | 77.10 | -5.69 | | L&T | 609.55 | -4.14 | | Power Finance | 131.30 | -4.13 | | Marico | 59.15 | -3.98 | | Sintex | 90.30 | -3.78 | | | Market Statistics | | - | BSE | NSE | | Advances | 1,354 | 704 | | Declines | 1,105 | 466 | | Unchanged | 102 | 55 | | Volume(Nos) | 29.59cr | 60.91cr | | | | | | Market Commentary | | | Market measly up | | After exhibiting firm trend for the better part, Sensex closes a marginal 25 points up. | | The market appeared to be heading towards a negative close, as a strong bout of selling saw Sensex enter into the negative territory, though for a while. | 
| | | Sensex had a firm start and it continued to rally for the second consecutive session today. Taking cue from strong Asian markets, Sensex rallied sharply in morning trades, touching an intra-day high of 9087. Realty and information technology (IT) stocks rallied sharply but capital goods and auto stocks remained subdued as traders booked profits. However, Sensex saw profit booking towards the close and entered into the negative territory to touch the day's low of 8900. It however recovered on buying in few pivotal stocks and closed the session at 9002, up 25 points. Nifty ended the session at 2807, up 12 points.
The market breadth was positive. Of the 2,561 stocks that traded on the BSE, 1,354 stocks advanced, 1,105 stocks declined and 102 stocks ended unchanged. Most of the 13 sectoral indices ended in green. BSE Realty gained 2.19% followed by BSE IT (up 1.58%) and BSE Teck (down 0.83%). However, BSE CG index lost 2.62%, BSE Auto (down 0.72%) and BSE FMCG (down 0.28%).
Among Sensex stocks, Sterlite Industries was the leading gainer and its stock price soared by 4.18% at Rs314.30. Among other stocks, HDFC advanced 2.53% at Rs1,388, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries jumped 2.33% at Rs1,020.10, while Maruti Suzuki India, Tata Consultancy Services, National Thermal Power Corporation, Infosys, JP Associates, DLF and Reliance Industries closed with marginal gains. Among laggards, Larsen & Toubro slipped 4.14% at Rs609.55, Bharat Heavy Electricals shed 3.15% at Rs1,412.65, Tata Motors declined by 2.75% at Rs171.60, Reliance Communications fell by 2.03% at Rs156.60 and Mahindra & Mahindra lost 1.89% at Rs355.15.
Over 1.79 crore shares of Cals Refineries changed hands on BSE followed by Suzlon Energy (96 lakh shares), Unitech (84 lakh shares), Firstsource Solutions (81 lakh shares) and NIIT (72 lakh shares). | | | | | | | | European Indices at 16:00 IST on 19-03-2009 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | FTSE 100 Index | 3829.07 | 24.08 | 0.63 | | CAC 40 Index | 2785.28 | 24.94 | 0.90 | | DAX INDEX | 4035.36 | 39.04 | 0.98 | | | | | | | | | | | Asian Indices at close on 19-03-2009 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | Nikkei 225 | 7945.96 | -26.21 | -0.33 | | Hang Seng Index | 13130.92 | 13.75 | 0.10 | | Kospi Index | 1161.81 | -8.17 | -0.70 | | Straits Times Index | 1584.86 | 8.92 | 0.57 | | Jakarta Composite Index | 1341.60 | 18.76 | 1.42 | | | | | | | | 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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