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<b>Budget 2008: </b> Sensex down 422pts

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BS Reporter Mumbai
 The NSE Nifty is down 129 points at 5,156.
 

 
Sensex On Budget Day
Year

Open

High

Low

Close

Swing

Net Chg

% Chg

200817779.5417779.5417337.46

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442.08

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200713045.1213298.5212800.9112938.09497.61(540.74)(4.0)
200610308.7110422.6510206.0610370.24216.5988.150.9
20056584.346721.086545.946713.86175.14144.142.2

 
Tata Steel has slumped 4.3% to Rs 788. Ambuja Cements and Wipro have tumbled over 4% each to Rs 116 and Rs 428, respectively.

Reliance has shed 3.7% at Rs 2,443, and Larsen & Toubro has dropped 3.5% to Rs 3,517.

ONGC and Infossy have slipped 3.3% each to Rs 1,005 and Rs 1,548, respectively.

ICICI Bank and Hindalco have dropped nearly 3% each to Rs 1,072 and Rs 198, respectively.

Reliance Communications, ACC and BHEL are down around 2.5% each at Rs 569, Rs 788 and Rs 2,268, respectively.

Mahindra & Mahindra and Maruti have rallied around 2% each to Rs 693 and Rs 852, respectively. Bajaj Auto has advanced over 1% to Rs 2,245.

Out of 2,597 stocks traded so far, 1,603 have declined, 934 have advanced and 60 are unchanged.

 

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First Published: Feb 29 2008 | 1:24 PM IST

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