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Day End Report

The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 334 points at 12,910 on the back of bullish cues from the global markets. The index retreated a bit to a low of 12,844, but soon bounced back to higher levels on the back of renewed buying interest in beaten down stocks.
The index rallied to a high of 13,150, and finally ended with a gain of 536 points at 13,112.
The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,689 stocks traded, 1,529 advanced, 1,088 declined and 72 were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty surged 130 points to settle at 3,947.
HDFC zoomed 9.8% to Rs 1,889. Maruti soared 9.5% to Rs 600.
Jaiprakash Associates surged over 9% to Rs 149. DLF gained 8.5% at Rs 427.
SBI rallied 7.8% to Rs 1,227, and Larsen & Toubro moved up 7.5% to Rs 2,440.
TCS surged over 7% to Rs 779. ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank rallied 6% each to Rs 551 and Rs 958, respectively.
Reliance Infrastructure moved up 5.4% to Rs 807. BHEL and Satyam added 5% each to Rs 1,453 and Rs 414, respectively.
ACC and Reliance Communications gained 4.7% each at Rs 539 and Rs 418, respectively. ONGC added 4.3% to Rs 904.
Mahindra & Mahindra and Tata Motors advanced over 4% each to Rs 514 and Rs 412, respectively.
Reliance moved up 3.6% to Rs 2,016. ITC was up over 3% at Rs 167, and Bharti Airtel added 2.5% to Rs 749.
Wipro, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever and Hindalco were up around 2% each at Rs 380, Rs 1,583, Rs 220 and Rs 140, respectively.

Ranbaxy shed 4% at Rs 452. Tata Steel dropped 3% to Rs 607.

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