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Sensex sheds 152 points at close

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Last updated on: July 06, 2006 17:03 IST

The markets were languishing at the lower level throughout the day due to lack of buying interest in scrips. The Sensex closed at 10,767.97 down 157 points and the Nifty closed at 3156 down 41 points.

The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 5,332.35, down 17 points.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 4,415.46, down 12 points.
About 955 shares have advanced, 1347 shares declined, and 93 shares are unchanged.
Apart from the consumer durables index, all the BSE sectoral indices closed in red. Stocks from banking, metal and capital goods sector are among the major laggards.

The BSE Bankex was down 2.3% at 4,399.41. Oriental Bank, ICICI Bank, Canara Bank, IOB, UTI Bank and Bank of Baroda were among the losers.

The BSE Metal Index lost 1.7% at 8,595.09. Tata Steel, SAIL, Hindalco and Guj NRE Coke witnessed selling pressure.
The BSE Capital Goods Index down 1.6% at 6,995.23. BHEL, Dredging Cor, L&T, Thermax, Carborundum and Ingersoll Rand closed lower.

The BSE IT Index was down 1.34% at 3,792.06. Satyam, TCS, Patni Computer, Wipro and Infosys moved down.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index closed down 1% at 5,370.41. GAIL, IOC, Reliance and HPCL
The BSE FMCG Index was down 0.8% at 1,988.58. Britannia, ITC, Shaw Wallace, Dabur India and Tata Tea closed in red.
The Auto index closed at 4,768.99 down 0.8%. Tube Investment, Sundaram-Clayto, Ashok Leyland, Hero Honda, Apollo Tyres and TVS Motor closed lower.

The BSE Health care index was down 0.48% at 3,148.32. Dr Reddys Labs, GlaxoSmithKline, Aurobindo Pharma, Biocon, Ranbaxy Labs and Cadila Health slipped.

However, the BSE Consumer Durables Index gained 2.5% at 2,826.59.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 5636.81 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 19335.75 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 2692.56 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 27665.12 crore.

F&O UPDATE

Turnover At Rs 19335.75 Cr
Nifty Futures at 18 pt discount
Nifty futures add 23 lakh shares in OI
Top Traded :India Cement,Sterlite,Tata Steel,IVRCL,IPCL,Reliance Capital
Alok Ind adds 6 lakh shares in OI
HLL adds 8 lakh shares in OI
ITC adds 12 lakh shares in OI
RIL adds 5 lakh shares in OI
Syndicate Bank adds 8 lakh shares in OI
Tata Steel adds 7 lakh shares in OI

 

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