| | | | Index Performance | | Index | Sensex | Nifty | | Open | 10,876.15 | 3,346.00 | | High | 10,932.12 | 3,401.15 | | Low | 10,655.96 | 3,307.05 | | Today's Cls | 10,803.86 | 3,342.05 | | Prev Cls | 10,742.34 | 3,342.95 | | Change | 61.52 | -0.90 | | % Change | 0.57 | -0.03 | | | | Market Indicators | | Top Movers (Group A) | | Company | Price
(Rs) | %
chg | | Gainers | | Torrent Power | 104.80 | 25.06 | | Videocon Industries | 125.00 | 19.96 | | JP Hydro Power | 40.35 | 15.12 | | JSW Steel | 347.15 | 13.56 | | LIC Housing Finance | 282.90 | 12.98 | | Losers | | IVRCL Infra | 145.10 | -6.11 | | Bharat Forge | 119.95 | -5.63 | | Spice Tele | 66.75 | -4.30 | | Bajaj Auto | 613.00 | -4.02 | | REC | 95.50 | -3.78 | | | Market Statistics | | - | BSE | NSE | | Advances | 1,783 | 811 | | Declines | 789 | 411 | | Unchanged | 78 | 30 | | Volume(Nos) | 58.46cr | 123.44cr | | | | | | Market Commentary | | | Market loses at end | | Market closes with gains, but slips 128 points from the day's high of 10932. | | The market appeared to be heading towards a negative close after a strong bout of profit taking towards the close shaved off nearly 128 points from the day’s high. | 
| | | Starting the day with a huge gap of 134 points at 10876, the Sensex witnessed strong optimism till afternoon. Sustained buying in several counters held the market firm above 10900 levels in the first half of the trading session. In the afternoon session, the index notched up further gains to touch the day's high of 10932. However, the market slid towards the close, as weakness in select heavyweights, fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), auto and public sector units stocks dragged the index to an intra-day low of 10656, down 86 points for the day. The Sensex however ended the session with marginal gains of 62 points at 10804, while the Nifty lost a point to close at 3342.
The market breadth was positive. Of the 2,650 stocks traded on the BSE, 1,783 stocks advanced, 789 stocks declined. Seventy eight stocks ended unchanged. Most of the 13 sectoral indices on the BSE remained up or above their yesterday’s close. BSE Realty gained 5.42% followed by BSE Metal (up 3.72%), BSE Bankex (up 2.64%) and BSE CD (consumer durable; up 2.59%). However, BSE FMCG (down 1.36%), BSE Auto, BSE PSU, BSE HC and BSE Oil & Gas closed with marginal losses.
Among the Sensex stocks, Tisco was the leading gainer, soaring 7.71% at Rs261.20 for the day. JP Associates advanced 7.40% at Rs113.90, Reliance Infrastructure jumped 5.66% at Rs653.15, ICICI Bank shot up by 5.62% at Rs397.70, DLF added 4.83% at Rs222.25, while Sterlite Industries, Larsen & Toubro, Grasim Industries, State Bank of India and Tata Motors closed with marginal gains. Among laggards, Hindustan Unilever tumbled 3.26% at Rs232.95, Mahindra & Mahindra shed 3.15% at Rs435.15 and Wipro declined by 2.80% at Rs508.15. Oil and Natural Gas Commission, National Thermal Power Corporation and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd lost 1-2% each.
Over 3.39 crore shares of Unitech changed hands on the BSE followed by Satyam Computer Services (2.39 crore shares), Reliance Natural Resources (2.20 crore shares), Cals Refineries (2.19 crore shares) and Suzlon Energy (1.58 crore shares). | | | | | | | | European Indices at 16:00 IST on 09-04-2009 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | FTSE 100 Index | 3932.26 | 6.74 | 0.17 | | CAC 40 Index | 2937.02 | 15.96 | 0.55 | | DAX INDEX | 4409.72 | 51.80 | 1.19 | | | | | | | | | | | Asian Indices at close on 09-04-2009 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | Nikkei 225 | 8916.06 | 321.05 | 3.74 | | Hang Seng Index | 14901.41 | 426.55 | 2.95 | | Kospi Index | 1316.35 | 54.25 | 4.30 | | Straits Times Index | 1828.51 | 44.55 | 2.50 | | Jakarta Composite Index | 1465.75 | -25.11 | -1.68 | | | | | | | | 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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