The Sensex opened with a negative gap of 138 points at 8,889. The index, thereafter, exhibited range-bound movement for most part of the trading day. Some short covering in late noon deals, owing to the derivatives expiry, saw the index spurt to a high of 9,158 - up 269 points from the day's low.
The Sensex, however, pared gains towards the close and finally ended with a gain of 66 points at 9,093, even as the security personnel continued to combat the terrorists in southern Mumbai.
The BSE IT index surged 3.7% to 2,559. The Auto index was up 1.4% at 2,331.
The market breadth was marginally negative - out of 2,092 stocks traded, 1,109 declined and 919 advanced today.
TCS soared nearly 6% to Rs 558. BHEL surged 4.8% to Rs 1,361.
Infosys and Mahindra & Mahindra rallied 4.5% each to Rs 1,241 and Rs 282, respectively.
HDFC moved up 3.3% to Rs 1,464. Satyam, Sterlite and Bharti Airtel gained 2.5% each at Rs 243, Rs 237 and Rs 671, respectively.
Tata Power advanced over 2% to Rs 669. HDFC Bank added 1.5% to Rs 920.
Reliance Infrastructure and Larsen & Toubro plunged over 3% each to Rs 503 and Rs 727, respectively.
Grasim and NTPC shed 3% each at Rs 889 and Rs 160, respectively.
Tata Steel and Tata Motors dropped 2.5% each to Rs 151 and Rs 136, respectively.
Ranbaxy slipped 2% to Rs 209. SBI and Reliance Communications declined over 1.5% each to Rs 1,087 and Rs 196, respectively.
Jaiprakash Associates was down 1% at Rs 56.
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