The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 212 points at 16,456 on positive cues from the global markets.The index moved in a range of 174 points between 16,397 (low) and 16,571 (high) before finally settling with a gain of 237 points at 16,481. The Sensex thus ended the holiday-shortened week with a gain of 673 points (4.3%).The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,779 stocks traded, 2,028 advanced, 700 declined and 51 were unchanged today.The NSE Nifty ended with a gain of 71 points at 4,958.INDEX MOVERS...HDFC Bank zoomed 6% to Rs 1,396. Hindalco soared 5.5% to Rs 186.HDFC and DLF surged 4.3% each to Rs 2,487 and Rs 649, respectively. Infosys rallied over 4% to Rs 1,666.Tata Steel gained 3.5% at Rs 715. Satyam advanced 3.3% to Rs 469, and Mahindra & Mahindra added nearly 3% to Rs 639.TCS and Wipro moved up 2.7% each to Rs 1,001 and Rs 459, respectively.ICICI Bank gained 2.4% at Rs 835. Bharti Airtel was up 2% at Rs 823, and Jaiprakash Associates added 1.6% to Rs 217....AND THE SHAKERSHindustan Unilever dropped over 3.5% to Rs 232.ACC, Larsen & Toubro and Reliance Energy were the other notable losers today.MOST ACTIVE COUNTERSOrchid Chemicals topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 663.20 crore followed by NDTV (Rs 240.30 crore), Reliance (Rs 216.60 crore), Reliance Petroleum (Rs 139.20 crore) and Reliance Natural Resources (Rs 134.20 crore).Ispat Industries led the volume chart with trades of around 2.75 crore shares followed by Orchid Chemicals (2.20 crore), Nagarjuna Fertilisers (2.05 crore), Tata Teleservices (1.81 crore) and Chambal Fertilisers (1.32 crore).
