The Sensex resumed six points lower over its previous close at 6,272. The first half saw the index recover marginally from an early slump of 6,232 in mid-morning trades, before the announcement of a hike in repo rates by the RBI dragged the banking and the markets lower in early noon trades.While the sentiment remained lacklustre in the mid-noon trades, the Sensex rebounded into the green towards the fag-end to touch a high of 6,294 following smart rally in select heavyweights and other old economy counters.The Sensex finally ended the session with a gain of six points at 6,284. The Nifty, too, added six points to close at 1,941.ITC rallied sharply towards the closing hours and shot up 3.57% (Rs 50) to Rs 1,452. While Reliance clocked a per cent gain (Rs 4) to Rs 543, ONGC was up Rs 4 at Rs 835. HLL was marginally up at Rs 143, after remaining weak for better part of the trading session.Bharti, on impressive earnings report, moved up 2.72% (Rs 5) to Rs 208. HDFC rose 2.51% (Rs 18) to Rs 749.Ranbaxy jumped 1.11% (Rs 10) to Rs 918. While Cipla recovered from its lows to end 1.22% higher (Rs 3) at Rs 258, Dr. Reddy's slipped a per cent (Rs 7) to Rs 649.Satyam logged nearly 2% gains (Rs 8) to Rs 418, and Wipro was up Rs 3 at Rs 639. Infosys, however, remained weak through the session and lost a per cent (Rs 15) to Rs 1,905.SBI tumbled 2.58% (Rs 16) to Rs 604. While ICICI Bank dropped 2.41% (Rs 9) to Rs 375, HDFC Bank ended weak at Rs 536 - down Rs 3.BHEL dropped 2.16% (Rs 18) to Rs 803, while Reliance Energy lost 1.94% (Rs 10) to Rs 485. Tisco and Zee were down nearly 2% each at Rs 343 (down Rs 6) and Rs 130 (down Rs 3), respectively.Tata Motors and Maruti were down a per cent each at Rs 429 and Rs 415, respectively. Bajaj ended marginally lower at Rs 1,091, while Hero Honda advanced 2.34% (Rs 12) to Rs 516.
