| | Index Performance | Index | Sensex | Nifty | Open | 9,161.49 | 2,779.35 | High | 9,321.38 | 2,852.50 | Low | 9,158.59 | 2,778.65 | Today's Cls | 9,300.86 | 2,843.10 | Prev Cls | 9,090.88 | 2,780.05 | Change | 209.98 | 63.05 | % Change | 2.31 | 2.27 | | | Market Indicators | Top Movers (Group A) | Company | Price (Rs) | % chg | Gainers | Parsvnath Developers | 40.90 | 12.36 | GE Shipping | 207.45 | 9.70 | United Spirits | 615.75 | 8.61 | Sasa Goa | 98.85 | 8.39 | Neyveli Lignite | 83.35 | 7.83 | Losers | Piramal Healthcare | 191.00 | -6.40 | Sintex Industries | 109.10 | -5.50 | Spice Tele | 72.40 | -5.24 | Phoenix Mills | 61.45 | -3.38 | Biocon | 98.80 | -3.09 | | Market Statistics | - | BSE | NSE | Advances | 1,459 | 768 | Declines | 1,002 | 401 | Unchanged | 104 | 67 | Volume(Nos) | 30.75cr | 62.33cr | | | | | Market Commentary | | Market ends buoyant | Late round of buying in heavyweights, oil and metal stocks see Sensex close above 9300 mark. | The market reported a solid performance on the back of strong all-round buying, even as major Asian indices exhibited a subdued trend in morning trades. | | | Shrugging off global cues, the market opened with a gap of 70 points at 9,161. The market was range-bound, but stayed above 9,200-mark in mid-morning trades. The eruption of buying towards the close in heavyweights and oil & metal stocks lifted Sensex to touch the intra-day high of 9321 and close at 9301, up 210 points. Nifty ended at 2,843, up 63 points. The breadth of the market was positive. Of the 2,565 stocks traded on the BSE, 1,459 stocks advanced, 1,002 stocks declined and 104 stocks ended unchanged. Among the sectoral indices, BSE Oil jumped 3.27% followed by BSE Metal (up 3.04%), BSE CD (up 2.52%) and BSE Bankex (up 2.49%). Barring select counters, most of heavyweights ended at higher levels. Among blue chips, Grasim Industries shot up by 8.97% at Rs1445.15, Ranbaxy Laboratories soared by 7.08% at Rs223.80, Tata Motors surged 4.64% at Rs137.60 and Reliance Industries advanced 4.41% at Rs1,343.50. ICICI Bank added 4.09% at Rs406.95, Tata Consultancy Services moved up 4.04% at Rs485 and Reliance Infrastructure scaled up 4.02% at Rs540.65. Among laggards, Hindustan Unilever dropped 1.02% at Rs260.90 and DLF shed 0.86% at Rs138.15. Over 1.99 crore shares of Wire & Wireless India Ltd (WWIL) changed hands on BSE followed by Satyam Computer Services (1.87 crore shares), Cals Refineries (1.41 crore shares), Unitech (1.37 crore shares) and Orbit Corporation (1.03 crore shares). | | | | | | | | European Indices at 16:15 IST on 06-02-2009 | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | FTSE 100 Index | 4238.66 | 9.73 | 0.23 | CAC 40 Index | 3069.53 | 3.24 | 0.11 | DAX INDEX | 4523.26 | 12.57 | 0.28 | | | | | | | | | | | Asian Indices at close on 06-02-2009 | | | Index | Level | Change (pts) | Change (%) | Nikkei 225 | 8076.62 | 126.97 | 1.60 | Hang Seng Index | 13655.04 | 476.14 | 3.61 | Kospi Index | 1210.26 | 32.38 | 2.75 | Straits Times Index | 1715.35 | 10.75 | 0.63 | Jakarta Composite Index | 1350.64 | 22.57 | 1.70 | | | | | | | | To know more about our products and services, click here. | | | | | | “This document has been prepared by Sharekhan Ltd. 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