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Day end Report

The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 99 points at 15,094. The index touched a high of 15,349, and a low of 15,056. Fresh buying towards the close helped the index end on a firm note at 15,289 - up 294 points.The BSE Mid-cap index shed 2.7% (158 points) at 5,806, and the Small-cap index dropped 3.8% (272 points) to 6,950.The BSE Bankex rallied 3.3% (249 points) to 7,744.The NSE Nifty gained 36 points to finish at 4,610.The market breadth was extremely negative - out of 2,717 stocks traded, 2,149 declined, 535 advanced and 33 were unchanged today.

HDFC zoomed 7.7% (Rs 171) to Rs 2,384. Wipro soared nearly 6% to Rs 399.HDFC Bank rallied 5.3% to Rs 1,337, and ICICI Bank surged 5% to Rs 805.Hindustan Unilever advanced 4.3% to Rs 235. ACC gained 3.8% at Rs 805, and Larsen & Toubro has added 3.5% to Rs 2,937.Bharti Airtel gained 3% at Rs 801. SBI moved up 2.7% to Rs 1,646.Reliance and ITC were up nearly 2% each at Rs 2,201 and Rs 191, respectively.Tata Motors, Ambuja Cements and TCS were the other major gainers at Rs 662, Rs 124 and Rs 823, respectively

Steel slumped 7% to Rs 592.Reliance Energy plunged 4.6% to Rs 1,151, and DLF shed 4% at Rs 598.Jaiprakash Associates slipped nearly 2% to Rs 200, and Maruti declined 1.3% to Rs 812.

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