The Sensex commenced eight points higher at 6,659 and rallied past 6,700-mark in early trades to touch an intra-day high of 6,709 on broad-based buying support.While the markets was extremely range-bound due to lack of fresh buying support, the index slipped into the red in mid-noon trades to touch a low of 6,647 following weak trends in tech and other select old economy counters.The Sensex, however, soon rolled back into the positive territory and finally ended the session with a gain of 36 points at 6,687. The Nifty added eight points to 2,092. The Nifty added eight points to 2,092.While 17 Sensex stocks advanced, 13 declined today. Advancing shares accounted for a volume of 1.22 crore amounting to Rs 561.35 crore, and declining shares registered a volume of 1.38 crore for Rs 1,028.27 crore.Reliance gained Rs 2 to Rs 549. While ITC added Rs 6 to Rs 1,344, HLL was up a rupee at Rs 147.ICICI Bank jumped 4.62% (Rs 17) to Rs 389. While SBI, on a volume of over 15.99 lakh, moved up 1.56% (Rs 11) to Rs 706, HDFC Bank, however, ended weak with a loss of Rs 3 at Rs 574.Infosys, after a mixed outing, was up a per cent (Rs 11) at Rs 2,193. While Satyam (up Rs 3 to Rs 397) also ended with steady gains, Wipro slipped a per cent (Rs 4) to Rs 671.Bharti, with a traded volume of over 33.34 lakh, shot up 5.45% (Rs 12) to Rs 236 on strong buying support. While Tisco logged 1.78% gains (Rs 7) to Rs 429, Hindalco was up a per cent (Rs 14) at Rs 1,365.ACC moved up 1.56% (Rs 6) to Rs 368. Grasim and Gujarat Ambuja closed up a per cent each at Rs 1,343 (up Rs 13) and Rs 443 (up Rs 3), respectively.ONGC ended a per cent lower (Rs 8) at Rs 856. The counter clocked a volume of over 1.4 crore on the BSE.Ranbaxy lost 1.78% (Rs 18) to Rs 1,000. Other pharma majors largely ended on a flat note.Bajaj and Tata Motors were down a rupee each at Rs 1,044 and Rs 464, respectively. Maruti ended marginally lower at Rs 462. Hero Honda, however, was up a tad at Rs 550.L&T tumbled 2% (Rs 23) to Rs 1,114, and HDFC dipped 1.38% (Rs 11) to Rs 771. Zee shed 2% (Rs 3) to Rs 135.
