| | | | Index Performance | | Index | Sensex | Nifty | | Open | 11,149.47 | 3,423.60 | | High | 11,362.88 | 3,491.35 | | Low | 11,070.33 | 3,402.90 | | Today's Cls | 11,329.05 | 3,480.75 | | Prev Cls | 11,134.99 | 3,423.70 | | Change | 194.06 | 57.05 | | % Change | 1.74 | 1.67 | | | | Market Indicators | | Top Movers (Group A) | | Company | Price
(Rs) | %
chg | | Gainers | | Adani Enterprises | 444.00 | 14.55 | | IDBI Bank | 67.45 | 13.08 | | Century Textiles | 236.35 | 9.70 | | Videocon Industries | 122.20 | 9.01 | | Aditya Birla Nuvo | 563.00 | 8.62 | | Losers | | Hindustan Copper | 183.20 | -4.98 | | Jai Corp | 194.75 | -4.98 | | Zee Enter | 114.50 | -3.42 | | Bajaj Holdings | 363.00 | -3.35 | | Exide Industries | 52.80 | -2.94 | | | Market Statistics | | - | BSE | NSE | | Advances | 1,536 | 771 | | Declines | 970 | 416 | | Unchanged | 96 | 41 | | Volume(Nos) | 47.26cr | 96.17cr | | | | | | Market Commentary | | | Sensex above 11300 | | In spite of substantial volatility, the Sensex continued its upward momentum, ending firm above 11300 on late buying in banking, consumer durables and capital goods stocks. | | The market continued to scale up and closed firm above 11300 levels. Exhibiting a choppy trend in early trades, the Sensex gyrated over 50 points after | 
| | | the opening bell and slipped below 11000 mark on sustained selling pressure to touch the day's low of 11070. Recovery started thereafter and the market rebounded into the positive territory in afternoon. Substantial buying in banking, consumer durables (CD), capital goods and technology stocks saw the Sensex notch up significant gains in late trades and touch a new intra-day high of 11363. The Sensex wrapped the session 194 points higher at 11329, while the 50-stock Nifty gained 57 points to close at 3481.
Market breadth, the number of advancing and declining stocks, was positive for the day. Of the 2,602 stocks traded on BSE, 1,536 stocks advanced whereas 970 stocks declined. 96 stocks ended unchanged. All the 13 sectoral indices posted gains for the day. BSE Bankex flared 2.77% up and BSE CD gained 2.32%. Other sectoral indices were up 1-2% each. BSE FMCG and BSE IT was also up with marginal gains.
Recovery in the market was led by Mahindra & Mahindra, which shot up by 7.01% at Rs474. Among other major gainers, JP Associates advanced by 6.07% at Rs125.80, Grasim Industries moved up by 5.68% at Rs1,802.95, Bharti Airtel added 5.47% at Rs747.70, ACC scaled 4.88% at Rs679.30 and Reliance Infrastructure jumped 3.72% at Rs739.50. Select index stocks witnessed selling pressure. Ranbaxy Laboratories dropped 2.42% at Rs175.75. Hindustan Unilever fell 0.87% at Rs238.15, Tata Steel declined by 0.70% at Rs260.95, National Thermal Power Corporation lost 0.34% at Rs190.95 and Wipro slipped 0.34% at Rs311.90.
Over 3.69 crore shares of Cals Refineries changed hands on the BSE followed by Unitech (3.07 crore shares), IFCI (2.05 crore shares), Reliance Natural Resources (1.85 crore shares) and Suzlon Energy (1.46 crore shares). | | | | | | | | European Indices at 16:00 IST on 24-04-2009 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | FTSE 100 Index | 4069.10 | 50.87 | 1.27 | | CAC 40 Index | 3039.58 | 30.96 | 1.03 | | DAX INDEX | 4593.36 | 55.15 | 1.22 | | | | | | | | | | | Asian Indices at close on 24-04-2009 | | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | | Nikkei 225 | 8707.99 | -139.02 | -1.57 | | Hang Seng Index | 15258.85 | 44.39 | 1.53 | | Kospi Index | 1354.10 | -14.70 | -1.07 | | Straits Times Index | 1852.85 | -7.13 | -0.38 | | Jakarta Composite Index | 1591.33 | -20.17 | -1.25 | | | | | | | | 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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