The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 67 points at 16,796. After advacing to a high of 16,844, the index slipped into the red to 16,668 - down 176 points from the day's high.
The Sensex was trading in the red in afternoon trades and finally ended at 16,721 points, 23 points higher.
The market breadth was marginally negative - out of 2,785 stocks traded, 1,266 advanced, 1,464 declined and 55 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty settled with a loss of 23 points at 4,999.
Hindustan Unilever was the biggest gainer, up 3.12% to Rs 249.35.
The IT pack was also in demand. Infosys gained 2.86%, Satyam was up 2.06% and Wipro rose 1.46%.
ICICI Bank, L&T, Jaiprakash Associates and Bhel gained over 1%.
Reliance Industries gained 0.14%, while Tata Motors was up 0.54%.
TCS remained unchanged.
ACC was the biggest loser on the Sensex, down 5.5% to Rs 798. Reliance COmmunication and Reliance Energy were down 2.89% and 2.73%.
NTPC and Tata Steel declined 2.68% and 2.65% respectively.
Maruti was down 2% after its Q4 results.
Cipla, DLF, ITC and ONGC all declined over 1% each.
The Sensex was trading in the red in afternoon trades and finally ended at 16,721 points, 23 points higher.
The market breadth was marginally negative - out of 2,785 stocks traded, 1,266 advanced, 1,464 declined and 55 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty settled with a loss of 23 points at 4,999.
Hindustan Unilever was the biggest gainer, up 3.12% to Rs 249.35.
The IT pack was also in demand. Infosys gained 2.86%, Satyam was up 2.06% and Wipro rose 1.46%.
ICICI Bank, L&T, Jaiprakash Associates and Bhel gained over 1%.
Reliance Industries gained 0.14%, while Tata Motors was up 0.54%.
TCS remained unchanged.
ACC was the biggest loser on the Sensex, down 5.5% to Rs 798. Reliance COmmunication and Reliance Energy were down 2.89% and 2.73%.
NTPC and Tata Steel declined 2.68% and 2.65% respectively.
Maruti was down 2% after its Q4 results.
Cipla, DLF, ITC and ONGC all declined over 1% each.
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