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Day End Report

The Sensex opened 47 points higher at 15,744 despite the negative close in the US markets and touched a day's high of 15,790.
Unabated selling in realty, banking and IT stocks pushed the index into a negative zone. The index drifted to a low of 15,390 - down 400 points from day's high.
The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 274 points at 15,422.
The markets breadth was marginally negative - out of 2,731 stocks traded, 1,402 declined, 1,254 advanced and 75 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty ended with a loss of 71 points at 4,582.
ICICI Bank tumbled 4.2% to Rs 785. HDFC Bank plunged 3.4% to Rs 1,166. Tata Steel declined 3.2% to Rs 823.
Larsen & Toubro slipped 3.1% to Rs 2,750. Jaiprakash Associates dropped 2.9% to Rs 182. Reliance Infrastructure lost 2.8% at Rs 1,073.
DLF and Bharti Airtel declined 2.7% each to Rs 492 and Rs 811, respectively.
BHEL and SBI shed 2.6% each at Rs 1,499 and Rs 1,351, respectively.
Infosys was trading at Rs 1,866 - down 2.5%. Satyam lost 2.4% to Rs 472. TCS shed 2.3% to Rs 900.
Reliance and Wipro were down nearly 2% each at Rs 2,283 and Rs 485, respectively.
NTPC, Hindustan Unilever and Cipla were the other major losers.


Ambuja Cements soared 4.8% to Rs 91. Ranbaxy surged 2.9% at Rs 598.
Grasim gained 2.4% to Rs 2,229. Maruti advanced 1.2% to Rs 765.
Hindalco and ACC added nearly 1% each at Rs 174 and Rs 643, respectively.
ITC was up 0.8% at Rs 204, while HDFC inched 0.7% to Rs 2,314.

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