The Sensex opened with a negative gap of 102 points at 13,862, but soon rebounded into the positive zone and touched a high of 14,047.
However, selling pressure at higher levels forced the index slip into the negative zone. The index dropped to a low of 13,764 - down 283 points from the day's high. The Sensex recovered some ground and finally settled with a marginaly loss of 38 points at 13,926.
The market breadth was posititve - out of 2,696 stocks traded, 1,445 advanced, 1,181 declined and 70 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty ended nearly flat at 4,162 - up five points.
Hindalco soared 5.5% to Rs 154. Tata Steel surged over 3% to Rs 699.
ACC rallied over 3% to Rs 553, and Ambuja Cements gained 2.5% at Rs 79.
Reliance Infrastructure moved up 2.3% to Rs 855. DLF advanced 1.8% to Rs 458.
HDFC, Hindustan Unilever and Reliance Communications were up around 1% each at Rs 2,117, Rs 218 and Rs 445, respectively.
Maruti shed 3.5% at Rs 568. ITC plunged 2.3% to Rs 179.
Reliance slipped 1.7% to Rs 2,044. Jaiprakash Associates and Tata Motors declined 1.3% each to Rs 171 and Rs 399, respectively.
However, selling pressure at higher levels forced the index slip into the negative zone. The index dropped to a low of 13,764 - down 283 points from the day's high. The Sensex recovered some ground and finally settled with a marginaly loss of 38 points at 13,926.
The market breadth was posititve - out of 2,696 stocks traded, 1,445 advanced, 1,181 declined and 70 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty ended nearly flat at 4,162 - up five points.
Hindalco soared 5.5% to Rs 154. Tata Steel surged over 3% to Rs 699.
ACC rallied over 3% to Rs 553, and Ambuja Cements gained 2.5% at Rs 79.
Reliance Infrastructure moved up 2.3% to Rs 855. DLF advanced 1.8% to Rs 458.
HDFC, Hindustan Unilever and Reliance Communications were up around 1% each at Rs 2,117, Rs 218 and Rs 445, respectively.
Maruti shed 3.5% at Rs 568. ITC plunged 2.3% to Rs 179.
Reliance slipped 1.7% to Rs 2,044. Jaiprakash Associates and Tata Motors declined 1.3% each to Rs 171 and Rs 399, respectively.
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