| The Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-share Sensex ended at 13113.81, down 69.43 points or 0.5 per cent from Wednesday. Intraday, it moved between 13030.87 and 13160.15. |
| The National Stock Exchange's 50-share Nifty ended at 3829.85, down 32.80 points or 0.9 per cent. Intraday it moved between 3811.25 and 3861.85. |
| Here, prices came off lows briefly after India's industrial production rose 11.0 per cent in February from 8.8 per cent a year ago, but succumbed to profit sales later. |
| Shares of metal companies took a severe beating on profit sales. The BSE Metal Index, which has gained 15 per cent in the last six sessions, ended down 2.5 per cent. |
| Turnover on both the exchanges was roughly Rs 10,400 crore compared with Rs 11,900 crore on Tuesday. |
| Shares of technology companies, which were hammered in the last few sessions, gained on hopes Infosys' results may beat expectations, dealers said. Some short covering also helped, they said. |
| "There are always some optimistic investors in the market, and on Thursday there was buying in techs by some foreign funds," a dealer said. |
| Infosys Technologies, up 2.5 per cent at Rs 2,046, was the top gainer in the IT sector. |
| The BSE IT Index, up 1.5 per cent, was the top gainer among the BSE indices. |
| Bajaj Auto, up 3 per cent at Rs 2,341, was the top Nifty gainer. It expects motorbike sales to improve in the near future on account of discounts that it is rolling out. |
| Orbit Corp listed at Rs 113 on NSE compared with issue price of Rs 117. It ended at Rs 130. |
| Jet Airways surged 3 per cent to Rs 630 after it confirmed on Thursday that it would buy Air Sahara for Rs 1,450 crore. |
| IFCI rose 3.5 per cent to Rs 38 on reports six domestic funds and institutions and eight foreign entities are keen to pick up a strategic stake in the company, with some also willing to acquire majority stake of 51 per cent. |
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