The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 303 points to 15,264 on the back of positive cues from the global markets. Fresh buying, thereafter, saw the index rally to a high of 15,423 - up 462 points from the previous close.
The markets displayed strength for most part of the trading day. However, aggressive profit-taking in the last one-hour of trades saw the index pare gains and drop to a low of 15,036. The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 113 points at 15,074.
The market breadth turned negative towards the close - out of 2,786 stocks traded, 1,446 declined, 1,265 advanced and the rest were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty touched a high of 4,616 - up 113 points - in morning trades, but eventually finished with a marginal gain of 15 points at 4,518.
Maruti zoomed over 6% to Rs 653. Tata Motors soared 4.3% to Rs 427.
Bharti Airtel and ACC surged 3.5% each to Rs 870 and Rs 638, respectively.
TCS and BHEL rallied over 3% each to Rs 858 and Rs 1,827, respectively.
HDFC Bank advanced 2.7% to Rs 1,217. Mahindra & Mahindra, Larsen & Toubro and Hindustan Unilever gained around 2.5% each at Rs 562, Rs 2,764 and Rs 246, respectively.
ICICI Bank and Satyam added 2% each to Rs 707 and Rs 407, respectively.
ONGC, Wipro and Infosys were up 1.3% each at Rs 1,016, Rs 453 and Rs 1,699, respectively.
Tata Steel plunged 4.5% to Rs 646. Tata Power and SBI tumbled around 3.5% each to Rs 1,061 and Rs 1,524, respectively.
Reliance Infrastructure slipped over 3% to Rs 1,011, while HDFC shed 2.8% at Rs 2,396.
DLF dropped 1.5% to Rs 545. NTPC was down 1% at Rs 180.
The markets displayed strength for most part of the trading day. However, aggressive profit-taking in the last one-hour of trades saw the index pare gains and drop to a low of 15,036. The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 113 points at 15,074.
The market breadth turned negative towards the close - out of 2,786 stocks traded, 1,446 declined, 1,265 advanced and the rest were unchanged today.
The NSE Nifty touched a high of 4,616 - up 113 points - in morning trades, but eventually finished with a marginal gain of 15 points at 4,518.
Maruti zoomed over 6% to Rs 653. Tata Motors soared 4.3% to Rs 427.
Bharti Airtel and ACC surged 3.5% each to Rs 870 and Rs 638, respectively.
TCS and BHEL rallied over 3% each to Rs 858 and Rs 1,827, respectively.
HDFC Bank advanced 2.7% to Rs 1,217. Mahindra & Mahindra, Larsen & Toubro and Hindustan Unilever gained around 2.5% each at Rs 562, Rs 2,764 and Rs 246, respectively.
ICICI Bank and Satyam added 2% each to Rs 707 and Rs 407, respectively.
ONGC, Wipro and Infosys were up 1.3% each at Rs 1,016, Rs 453 and Rs 1,699, respectively.
Tata Steel plunged 4.5% to Rs 646. Tata Power and SBI tumbled around 3.5% each to Rs 1,061 and Rs 1,524, respectively.
Reliance Infrastructure slipped over 3% to Rs 1,011, while HDFC shed 2.8% at Rs 2,396.
DLF dropped 1.5% to Rs 545. NTPC was down 1% at Rs 180.
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