The Sensex came within striking distance of 8,000 today. After opening on a subdued note at 7,901, the index zoomed to a high of 7,983 in morning deals. After staying above the 7,900 throughout the session today, the Sensex finally closed with a gain of 25 points at 7,925.All the sectoral indices, except BSE Teck and BSE Auto, closed with gains. The BSE Consumer Durables Index moved up over 2% (52 points) to 2,512. The BSE Metal index was up a per cent (61points) at 6,530. The BSE FMCG and Capital Goods indices also closed with gains of over 1% each. The BSE Teck index declined 0.7% (14 points) to 2,049.The broad market continued to be bullish - out of 2,660 scrips traded, 1,473 advanced, 1,140 declined and 47 were unchanged today.ITC moved up 3.4% (Rs 59) to Rs 1,793. While SBI was up Rs 12 at Rs 817, ONGC added Rs 11 to Rs 989. HLL slipped Rs 3 to Rs 166. Reliance was down a notch at Rs 731.Gujarat Ambuja was up 4.7% (Rs 3) at Rs 72. Hindalco was firm right through the day, and closed with a gain of Rs 5 at Rs 148. Hero Honda gained 1.8% (Rs 13) to Rs 696. Cipla advanced over 2% (Rs 8) to Rs 355. Ranbaxy, ACC, ICICI Bank, L&T, NTPC, Reliance Energy, Tata Motors and Wipro also moved up today.TCS declined 1.3% (Rs 19) to Rs 1,410. Infosys slipped over a per cent (Rs 29) to Rs 2,356.Bajaj was down over a per cent (Rs 17) at Rs 1,487. Grasim, HDFC, Satyam, Maruti, Tata Power and Tata Steel also declined today.Reliance was the most active counter with a turnover of Rs 77 crore followed by Reliance Capital (Rs 73 crore), Sterling Biotech (Rs 57 crore), HT Media (Rs 56 crore) and IFSL (Rs 53 crore).
