The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 12 points at 7,888, and zoomed to an all-time high of 7,928 in early deals. Profit-taking saw the index drop to negative zone soon, and touched a low of 7,836. Renewed buying at lower levels saw the index recoup ground, and finally close with a gain of 24 points at 7,900.All the sectoral indices, except BSE Teck, BSE Capital Goods and BSE Consumer Durables indices, closed with gains. The BSE Metal Index was up 1.3% (84 points) at 6,468. The BSE Oil & Gas Index was up 0.6% (21 points) at 3,681. The BSE Teck index was down 0.5% (11 points) at 2,063.The broad market turned bearish - out of 2,659 scrips traded, 1,458 declined, 1,150 advanced and 51 were unchanged today.Maruti zoomed over 5% (Rs 26) to Rs 511. Tata Motors was also up 5% (Rs 23) at Rs 492. While Bajaj moved up 3.3% (Rs 49) to Rs 1,504, Hero Honda added Rs 19 to Rs 683.Tata Steel gained 3% (Rs 12) to Rs 405.SBI was up Rs 6 at Rs 806, and ITC moved up Rs 5 to Rs 1,734. While Reliance was up Rs 4 at Rs 731, HLL was up a rupee at Rs 169. Cipla and Dr. Reddy's moved up over a per cent each to Rs 347 and Rs 781, respectively. TCS and Wipro finished with gains at Rs 1,429 and Rs 374, respectively.L&T declined 2% (Rs 29) to Rs 1,312. Infosys slipped 1.7% (Rs 42) to Rs 2,385. HDFC, Grasim, NTPC, Ranbaxy and ICICI Bank also declined.Liberty Shoes was locked at its 10% upper limit at Rs 362 (up Rs 33) after the company announced the formation of a 49:51 joint venture with Pantaloon Retail for footwear business.Jain Irrigation Systems was the most active counter with a turnover of Rs 366 crore followed by Reliance (Rs 143 crore), HT Media (Rs 98 crore), Sipcejet (Rs 97 crore) and Reliance Capital (Rs 88 crore).
