The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 51 points at 17,810. After moving a notch higher, the index slipped into negative zone and tumbled to a low of 17,418 - down 392 points from day's open in the first hour of trade today.
Fresh buying in frontline stocks saw the index stage a smart recovery, and rallied to a high of 18,009 - up 591 points from the day's low.
Volatility towards the close due to the expiry of the January series of futures & options saw the index settle with a loss of 110 points at 17,649. The NSE Nifty ended 30 points lower at 5137.
The BSE market breadth was fairly negative - out of 2,792 stocks traded, 1,775 declined, 975 advanced and 42 were unchanged today.
INDEX SHAKERS...
Hindalco and DLF plunged nearly 6% each to Rs 166 and Rs 813, respectively.
ICICI Bank and Mahindra & Mahindra tumbled over 3% each to Rs 1,146 and Rs 669, respectively.
SBI shed 2.6% at Rs 2,162, and ITC dropped 2.2% to Rs 195.
NTPC and ACC slipped nearly 2% each to Rs 198 and Rs 783, respectively.
HDFC and Reliance Communications declined 1.7% each to Rs 2,843 and Rs 602, respectively.
...AND THE MOVERS
Hindustan Unilever (HUL) soared 5% to Rs 207. Bajaj Auto surged nearly 4% to Rs 2,356.
HDFC Bank rallied 2.4% to Rs 1,568. ONGC gained 2% at Rs 988.
Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel and Tata Steel advanced nearly 1.5% each to Rs 706, Rs 864 and Rs 734, respectively.
TCS and Ambuja Cements were up over 1% each at Rs 875 and Rs 120, respectively.
| Major Gainers |
Major Losers | ||||
| Name |
Close |
% Chg |
Name |
Close |
% Chg |
| Pyramid Saimira | 404.75 | 18.6 | IPRUFMP36A D | 13.30 | 14.5 |
| U P Hotels | 395.00 | 16.7 | Bhushan Steel | 1,116.10 | 13.7 |
| Mac Charles | 274.05 | 15.4 | Camson Bio | 158.00 | 13.0 |
| Aro Granite | 111.80 | 14.9 | Aurobindo Pharma | 294.40 | 11.5 |
| Honeywell Auto | 2,023.25 | 14.6 | Global Vect | 111.85 | 10.5 |
| (Close = Stock pirce at the end of day in Rs) | |||||
VALUE & VOLUME TOPPERS
Reliance topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 304 crore followed by Reliance Natural Resources (Rs 289 crore), Reliance Energy (Rs 236.20 crore), Reliance Petroleum (Rs 222.75 crore) and Essar Oil (Rs 211 crore).
Reliance Natural Resources led the volume chart with trades of around 2.12 crore shares followed by Ispat Industries (1.47 crore), Reliance Petroleum (1.38 crore), Essar Oil (92.40 lakh) and IFCI (88.80 lakh).
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