| | | | Index Performance | | Index | Sensex | Nifty | | Open | 10,521.78 | 3,211.35 | | High | 10,654.89 | 3,303.90 | | Low | 10,410.44 | 3,211.35 | | Today's Cls | 10,534.87 | 3,256.60 | | Prev Cls | 10,348.83 | 3,211.05 | | Change | 186.04 | 45.55 | | % Change | 1.80 | 1.42 | | | | Market Indicators | | Top Movers (Group A) | | Company | Price
(Rs) | %
chg | | Gainers | | Essar Oil | 119.15 | 48.38 | | MRPL | 52.30 | 19.27 | | Chennai Petroleum | 121.90 | 18.23 | | EIH | 122.05 | 18.15 | | Rei Agro | 51.65 | 15.03 | | Losers | | GE Shipping | 188.40 | -4.75 | | Lupin | 640.10 | -4.41 | | United Spirits | 663.35 | -4.38 | | Century Textiles | 217.45 | -4.21 | | HPCL | 260.20 | -3.81 | | | Market Statistics | | - | BSE | NSE | | Advances | 1,859 | 951 | | Declines | 633 | 247 | | Unchanged | 75 | 39 | | Volume(Nos) | 45.70cr | 104.55cr | | | | | | Market Commentary | | | Market ends upbeat | | Market comes off its high, but still ends firm above 10500 mark. | | The market displayed a positive trend almost for the entire session. Taking cue from firm US indices, Sensex opened 173 points higher at 10522 and continued to rally to touch the day's high of | 
| | | 10655 on buying in consumer durables (CD) and capital goods (CG) stocks. Thereafter, the market remained range-bound with a positive bias. However, profit booking in some of the frontline stocks dragged the market to its intra-day low of 10410. Sensex bounced back towards the close, as short covering in heavyweights helped the index to recover and end the session at 10535, up 186 points. Nifty finally settled at 3257, up 46 points.
The market breadth was positive. Of the 2,567 stocks traded on BSE, 1,859 stocks advanced, whereas 633 stocks declined. Seventy five stocks ended unchanged. Among sectoral indices, BSE CD notched up by 5.84% followed by BSE CG (up 3.75%), BSE Metal (up 3.65%) and BSE Auto (up 3.59%). The remaining indices gained around 1-2% each except BSE FMCG, which had a negative run today, down 1.82%.
The heavyweights witnessed strong buying interest. Mahindra & Mahindra soared 14.26% at Rs480, Reliance Communications rose 11.19% at Rs218.10, Larsen & Toubro was up 7.40% at Rs770.35, HDFC shot up by 7.37% at Rs1,699.20, Reliance Infrastructure jumped 6.47% at Rs612.55, Hindalco Industries added 6.39% at Rs59.95, Tata Steel gained 4.89% at Rs235.85 and ICICI Bank moved up by 4% at Rs374.65. However, ACC slipped 3.14% at Rs580.90, ITC lost 2.49% at Rs180.50, Ranbaxy Laboratories declined 2.30% at Rs182.30 and Grasim Industries lost 2.13% at Rs1,567.40.
Over 2.84 crore shares of Satyam Computer Services changed hands on BSE followed by Suzlon Energy (2.23 crore shares), Reliance Natural Resources (2.02 crore shares), Cals Refineries (1.39 crore shares) and Essar Oil (1.32 crore shares). | | | | | | | | European Indices at 16:00 IST on 06-04-2009 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | FTSE 100 Index | 4066.46 | 36.79 | 0.91 | | CAC 40 Index | 2993.63 | 34.89 | 1.18 | | DAX INDEX | 4422.76 | 37.77 | 0.86 | | | | | | | | | | | Asian Indices at close on 06-04-2009 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | Nikkei 225 | 8857.93 | 108.09 | 1.24 | | Hang Seng Index | 14998.04 | 452.35 | 3.11 | | Kospi Index | 1297.85 | 14.10 | 1.10 | | Straits Times Index | 1847.98 | 27.11 | 1.49 | | Jakarta Composite Index | 1516.64 | 16.28 | 1.09 | | | | | | | | 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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