Sensex ends up 64 points, Bajaj Auto drops 5%

The Sensex opened with a bang - up 352 points (1.8%) at 19,291 backed by the strong rally in the global markets. The index touched a high of 19,297, pared some gains and thereafter exhibited lacklustre movement for the major part of the trading day.

Fresh selling in noon deals, on account of the derivatives expiry of the November series, saw the index drop to a low of 18,930 - down 361 points from the day's high. The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 64 points at 19,003. The NSE Nifty ended at 5,635, up 17 points.

The market breadth turned negative towards the close - out of 2,857 stocks traded, 1,461 declined, 1,323 advanced and 73 were unchanged today.

INDEX MOVERS....

HDFC Bank zoomed over 4% to Rs 1,677, and ICICI Bank gained over 3% to Rs 1,162.

Maruti rallied 2.5% to Rs 990, and Mahindra & Mahindra moved up 1.5% to Rs 720.

Reliance and Bharti Airtel were up around 1% each at Rs 2,818 and Rs 918, respectively.

...AND SHAKERS

Bajaj Auto slumped nearly 5% to Rs 2,600.

Ranbaxy plunged 2.7% to Rs 379, and Reliance Energy shed 2.4% at Rs 1,664.

Tata Steel and Reliance Communications dropped around 2% each to Rs 802, Rs 665, respectively.
 

Major Gainers			Major Losers
Name	Close	% Chg	Name	Close	% Chg
UniRoyal	7.14	20.0	Mortext	11.21	-20.0
Indo Asi	148.00	20.0	Axon Info	133.00	-16.8
IVP	52.60	20.0	Aunde Faze	22.70	-10.3
Munjal Auto	103.10	20.0	Morgan Cr	98.15	-10.0
DCM	71.55	20.0	Naren Prop	65.35	-10.0
(Close = Stock pirce at the end of day in Rs)

VALUE & VOLUME TOPPERS

Reliance Petroleum topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 1,136.40 crore followed by Mundra Port (Rs 371 crore), Reliance Natural Resources (Rs 202.25 crore), Jaiprakash Associates (Rs 186.15 crore) and Reliance Energy (Rs 186.10 crore).

Reliance Petroleum led the volume chart with trades of around 5.56 crore shares followed by Gujarat Petronet (2.43 crore), Ispat Industries (2.11 crore), Reliance Natural Resources (1.31 crore) and Tata Teleservices (1.19 crore).