The Sensex opened with a huge positive gap of 60 points at 9,399, and moved up to a high of 9,413 in early deals. After moving in a narrow range thereafter, the index dropped to a low of 9,329 in noon deals - an intra-day swing of 84 points. The Sensex finally closed with a gain of 33 points at 9,372.The sectoral indices largely finished with gains today. The BSE PSU Index moved up 0.8% (41 points) to 5,410. The BSE Auto Index was up 0.5% (22 points) at 4,262. The BSE Teck, Bankex, Metal and Oil & Gas indices also finished with gains.The BSE Capital Goods Index declined 0.5% (28 points) to 5,674. The BSE Consumer Durables Index was down nine points at 3,191.Declining shares continued to be ahead of advances - out of 2,538 scrips traded, 1,349 declined, 1,115 advanced and 74 were unchanged today.ONGC moved up 2.6% (Rs 30) to Rs 1,190. SBI was up Rs 3 at Rs 910. Reliance, however, declined Rs 5 to Rs 855.Infosys was up Rs 10 at Rs 2,983. While Satyam gained Rs 5 to Rs 718, Wipro was up Rs 3 at Rs 460. TCS, however, was down Rs 3 at Rs 1,684.Tata Motors advanced 1.6% (Rs 10) to Rs 637. Bajaj was up Rs 13 at Rs 2,097. While Maruti was down Rs 6 at Rs 640, Hero Honda dropped Rs 3 to Rs 870.HDFC Bank gained 2.3% (Rs 17) to Rs 743. HDFC was firm right through the session, and closed with a gain of 1.6% (Rs 20) at Rs 1,289.Tata Steel was up 1.6% (Rs 6) at Rs 381. Cipla moved up 1.3% (Rs 6) to Rs 437. NTPC, ACC, ITC, Dr. Reddy's, Grasim and Bharti Tele also finished with gains.Ranbaxy dropped 1.7% (Rs 6) to Rs 358. L&T declined Rs 19 to Rs 1,732. HLL, Reliance Energy, Hindalco, ICICI Bank and Tata Power also declined.Jaiprakash Associates zoomed 7% (Rs 27) to Rs 393. Hexaware gained over 6% to Rs 129. J&K Bank moved up 4% to Rs 510.Moser Baer declined 3% to Rs 195. Welspun Gujarat SR slipped over 2% to Rs 88. Sterlite Opticals dropped 2% to Rs 97.Repro India was the most active counter with a turnover of Rs 226 crore followed by Gujarat Ambuja (Rs 184 crore), HDFC (Rs 167 crore), Reliance (Rs 156 crore) and SBI (Rs 121 crore).
