The Sensex opened with a huge positive gap of 189 points at 19,317 on the back of the recovery in the US markets. The index, however, could not hold gains due to profit-taking at higher levels.
The index, thereafter, moved in a narrow range of 50 odd points for the major part of the session. Fresh selling towards the end saw the index slip to a low of 18,884 - down 433 points from the day's high. The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 189 points at 18,939. The NSE Nifty ended at 5,618, down 80 points.
The market breadth turned negative towards the close - out of 2,873 stocks traded, 1,496 declined, 1,307 advanced and 70 were unchanged today.
INDEX SHAKERS...
Hindalco plunged 3.7% to Rs 184. ACC and Tata Steel shed 3.3% each to Rs 1,075 and Rs 819, respectively.
Reliance Energy tumbled 3% to Rs 1,704.
Reliance, DLF and TCS dropped 2% each to Rs 2,786, Rs 880 and Rs 976, respectively.
NTPC, Wipro and ONGC shed nearly 2% each at Rs 231, Rs 449 and Rs 1,151, respectively.
HDFC Bank slipped 1.5% to Rs 1,608.
...AND MOVERS
Maruti rallied over 3% to Rs 967, and Bajaj Auto gained 2.8% to Rs 2,728.
BHEL gained 2% at Rs 2,725. Ambuja Cements was up 1% at Rs 151.
| Major Gainers |
Major Losers |
| Name |
Close |
% Chg |
Name |
Close |
% Chg |
| Artson Engg |
63.90 |
20.0 |
Penn Ind |
1.71 |
-14.1 |
| CCAP |
27.60 |
20.0 |
Sandu Ph |
15.08 |
-12.6 |
| Naren Proper |
72.60 |
20.0 |
Kajaria Ceramics |
22.15 |
-12.3 |
| KPIT Cumm |
119.75 |
20.0 |
Dultron Poly |
17.05 |
-11.9 |
| Agro Tech |
203.00 |
20.0 |
LinkHouse Ind |
15.25 |
-10.0 |
| (Close = Stock pirce at the end of day in Rs) |
VALUE & VOLUME TOPPERS
HDFC topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 324 crore followed by Reliance Natural Resources (Rs 303 crore), HDFC (Rs 292 crore), Reliance Petroleum (Rs 285 crore) and GMR Infrastructure (Rs 221.30 crore).
Reliance Natural Resources led the volume chart with trades of around 1.90 crore shares followed by Ispat Industries (1.89 crore), Reliance Petroleum (1.47 crore), Tata Teleservices (1.25 crore) and Ashok Leyland (1.19 crore).
