The market breadth ended in negative. Of the 2,717 stocks traded on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), 2,147 stocks declined, 536 stocks advanced and 34 stocks ended unchanged. Barring the BSE Metal, Reality, Consumer Durables and the BSE power index, other sectoral indices ended at higher levels. The BSE Bankex index rose 3.32%, the BSE FMCG index added 1.76%, the BSE IT index was up 1.55% and the BSE Teck index was up 1.19%.
Among the strong gainers in index heavyweights, HDFC soared 7.73% at Rs2,384, Wipro scaled up 5.88% at Rs398.75, HDFC Bank advanced 5.31% at Rs1,337.45, ICICI Bank added 4.98% at Rs804.55, Hidustan Uniliver jumped by 4.31% at Rs235, and ACC moved up 3.76% at Rs805.15. L&T at Rs2937, Bharti Airtel at Rs800.50, SBI at Rs1,645.65, RIL at Rs2,200.80, ITC at Rs190.90 and Tata motors at Rs662.35 gained over 1% each. Tisco, however, dropped 7.04% at Rs592.45. While Reliance Energy declined 4.61% at Rs1,150.90, DLF was down a 4% at Rs598.10. Jaiprakash Associates, Maruti, Ranbaxy, Hindalco and NTPC ended with marginal losses.
Bankex stocks appreciated on sharp buying support. PNB spurted 5.58% at Rs485.45, HDFC Bank flared up 5.31% at Rs1,337.45, Centurion Bank of Punjab climbed 4.46% at Rs42.15 and Yes bank gained 4.08% at Rs142.75. Among other gainers Bank of India Union Bank, SBI, Kotak Bank, IOB, Bank of Baroda and Canara Bank were up over 1% each.
Artheon Finance at Rs9.26, Shree Global Tradefin at Rs43, Good Luck Steel Tubes at Rs258.80, KLG Capital Services at Rs70.90 and JPT Services at Rs30.10 touched new intra-highs on the BSE.
RNRL was the most actively traded counter on the BSE with trades of over 1.96 crore shares followed by Ispat Industries (1.06 crore shares), Essar Oil (0.86crore shares), RPL (0.86 crore shares) and IFCI (0.75 crore shares)
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