The Sensex finally ended (provisional) with a loss of 46 points at 16,867. The NSE Nifty settled at 5,036, down six points.
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(Updated at 1430 hrs)
The Sensex has soared to a high of 16,979 and is now at 16,953, up 41 points.
Among the sectoral indices, realty index is down 2% at 3,749.
Hindalco is the top gainer on the Sensex, up 2% at Rs 146. Hindustan Unilever, TCS, Tata Steel and Mahindra & Mahindra have advanced around 1.5% each.
Jaiprakash Associates is trading at its ex-bonus price of Rs 149. DLF has dropped 4% to Rs 363. Larsen & Toubro, Maruti and Reliance Industries are down 1% each.
The market breadth is positive, out of 2,808 shares traded, 1,700 have advanced and 1,015 have declined so far on the BSE.
VALUE& VOLUME TOPPERS
SBI has topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs 150.28 crore. It is followed by DLF (Rs 134.72 crore), Tata Steel (Rs 104.43 crore), Unitech (Rs 75.16 crore) and HDIL (Rs 74.83 crore).
Cals Refineries has led the value volumes chart on the BSE with trades of 18.50 million shares. It is followed by IFCI (9.95 million), Unitech (9.25 million), Suzlon (9.06 million) and Asahni Infra (5.45 million) shares on the BSE.