Muhurat day: Sensex in red 1st time in 10 years

The Sensex, began Samvat 2064 with a bang, opened with a positive gap of 224 points at 19,283, and soon touched a high of 19,330. The index, however, could not hold gains for long as profit taking at higher levels saw the index slip into red.

The index tumbled to a low of 18,737 - down 546 points from the day's high. The Sensex finally ended with a loss of 151 points at 18,908 on this special trading day.

In the process, the index finished in red for the first time in the last ten years on Muhurat trading day.
 

MUHURAT TRADING
Date	Sensex Close	Net Chg
Nov 09, 2007	18,907.60	-151.33
Oct 21, 2006	12,736.82	27.42
Nov 02, 2005	8072.75	128.65
Nov 12, 2004	5964.01	9.67
Oct 25, 2003	4802.28	44.91
Nov 04, 2002	2987.58	37.00
Nov 14, 2001	3113.04	35.85
Oct 26, 2000	3757.16	13.55
Nov 07, 1999	4650.54	52.09
Oct 19, 1998	2853.27	5.16
Oct 30, 1997	3803.24	-131.09
Nov 10, 1996	3080.26	13.60
* Data by BS Research Bureau

The BSE Bankex dropped 1.4% to 10,212. The IT and Metal indices slipped 1% each to 4253 and 16,864, respectively.

ACC plunged 3.5% to Rs 1,020. ICICI Bank and Wipro slipped over 2% each to Rs 1,143 and Rs 460, respectively.

Satyam shed 1.8% at Rs 427. Bharti Airtel, HDFC and Tata Motors dropped 1.5% each to Rs 871, Rs 2,523 and Rs 696, respectively.

HDFC Bank, Bajaj Auto and Tata Steel declined 1.3% each to Rs 1,538, Rs 2,398 and Rs 834, respectively.

Grasim, Mahindra & Mahindra and SBI were down 1% each at Rs 3,503, Rs 744 and Rs 2,162, respectively.

The market breadth, however, was fairly positive - out of 2,557 stocks traded, 1,792 advanced, 701 declined and 64 were unchanged on Friday.