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Sensex ends up 156pts, Infosys gains 3%

Last updated on: February 26, 2008 17:07 IST
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The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 149 points at 17,800, but dropped to a low of 17,679 in mid-noon deals.

Renewed buying in late noon deals saw the index surge to a high of 17,860 - up 209 points from the previous close. The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 156 points at 17,806.

The NSE Nifty gained 69 points at 5,270.

The BSE market breadth was positive - out of 2,785 stocks traded, 1,650 advanced, 1,076 declined and 59 were unchanged on Tuesday.

Index Movers

Grasim zoomed 5% to Rs 3,043. Reliance Energy and BHEL soared over 4.5% each to Rs 1,697 and Rs 2,181, respectively.

Infosys gained 3% to Rs 1,662. HDFC Bank moved up over 2% to Rs 1,455.

Hindustan Unilever and Maruti advanced nearly 2% each to Rs 219 and Rs 813, respectively.

ACC and ONGC gained around 1.5% each at Rs 831 and Rs 1,028, respectively.

Wipro and Reliance were up around 1% each at Rs 444 and Rs 2,576, respectively.

...and the shakers

Bharti Airtel slipped over 1% to Rs 839. Ambuja Cements, HDFC and Tata Motors also declined. 

Major Gainers

Major Losers

Name

Close

% Chg

Name

Close

% Chg

Roto Pumps 71.10 20.0 Cravatex 133.60 8.5
Glory Poly 105.30 20.0 Camson Bio 116.55 7.3
McLeod Russel 78.05 20.0 Kovai Media 52.00 6.9
Harrison Malyalam 84.95 19.8 RM Mohi Text 67.80 6.7
Goodricke Group 81.10 18.1 Bank of Maharashtra 58.00 6.5
(Close = Stock pirce at the end of day in Rs)


Value and volume toppers

Tulsi Extrusions led the value chart with a turnover of Rs 338.40 crore followed by Reliance Power (Rs 299.25 crore), OnMobile Global (Rs 263 crore), Reliance Capital (Rs 164 crore) and Reliance Natural Resources (Rs 157.50 crore).

Tulsi Extrusions topped the volume chart with trades of around 2.45 crore shares followed Reliance Natural Resources (1.14 crore), Gujarat NRE Coke (68.30 lakh), Reliance Power (66.75 lakh) and Nagarjuna Fertilisers (64.80 lakh).

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