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Day End Report

The Sensex opened 77 points higher at 15,327 due to positive close in the US markets, and soon
Intra-day profit booking in realty, metal and FMCG stocks pushed the index into a negative zone to touch a day's low of 15,136.
The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 60 points at 15,190.
The market breadth was marginally positive - out of 2,678 stocks traded, 1,445 advanced, 1,156 declined and 77 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty ended with a loss of 22 points at 4,517.
Jaipakash Associates plunged over 4% to Rs 179. DLF tumbled 3.6% to Rs 480.
HDFC Bank declined 3.4% at Rs 1,123. Cipla slipped 2.6% to Rs 211. Hindustan Unilever and Reliance Infrastructure dropped 2.5% each to Rs 225 and Rs 1,020, repsectively.
Maruti lost around 2% at Rs 722. Tata Steel and HDFC dipped 1.9% each to Rs 841 and Rs 2,133, respectively.
Grasim, Hindalco and Mahindra & Mahindra declined 1.3% each to Rs 2,182, Rs 175 and Rs 570, respectively.
ITC and NTPC shed 1.2% each at Rs 197 and Rs 161, respectively.
Wipro and Ambuja Cements were down over 1% each to Rs 478 and Rs 85, respectively.

Ranbaxy surged 4.3% to Rs 567. ICICI Bank gained over 3% to Rs 765.
BHEL moved up 2.8% to Rs 1,561, while TCS advanced 2.2% to Rs 908.
Tata Motors inched up 1.7% at Rs 516. ONGC added 1.2% to Rs 841.
Reliance Communications, ACC and Larsen & Toubro were the other major gainers.

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