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Sensex ends down 901pts, SBI drops 9%

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BS Reporter Mumbai

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Chg

% Chg

21-Jan-0817605.4019013.70-1408.35-7.41 03-Mar-0816677.9017578.72-900.84-5.12 22-Jan-08

16729.94

17605.40-875.41-4.97 11-Feb-0816630.9017464.90-833.98-4.78 18-May-0611391.4312217.81-826.38-6.76
The NSE Nifty ended below its physchological 5,000-mark at 4,953 - down 271 points (5.2%).

The BSE market breadth was extremely negative - out of 2,766 stocks traded, 2,333 declined, 393 advanced and 40 were unchanged today.

INDEX SHAKERS....

SBI slumped nearly 9% to Rs 1,923. DLF and HDFC dropped around 8.5% each to Rs 715 and Rs 2,571, respectively.

BHEL tumbled 8% to Rs 2,099. Hindalco and NTPC declined 6.5% each at Rs 190 and Rs 189, respectively.

Reliance, ICICI Bank and Reliance Communications dropped around 6% each to Rs 2,305, Rs 1,024 and Rs 541, respectively.

Reliance Energy, Satyam and Larsen & Toubro slipped over 5% each to Rs 1,486, Rs 412 and Rs 3,344, respectively.

Infosys declined nearly 5% to Rs 1,472.

ITC, HDFC Bank and Bharti Airtel shed around 4.5% each at Rs 193, Rs 1,391 and Rs 791, respectively.

...AND THE SHAKERS

Cipla and Hindustan Unilever gained 2% each at Rs 212 and Rs 232, respectively. Ranbaxy added 1% to Rs 451.
 
Major Gainers

Major Losers

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Close

% Chg

English Indian Clay404.5520.0Gujarat Glass278.1020.0
Ashim Investment65.0011.6Competent Automobiles35.9016.5
Jay Ushin85.359.2Enkei Castalloy80.0015.6
A K Capital392.458.7Hester Pharma152.0015.5
Noida Medi15.908.5Harrison Malayalam73.7014.3
(Close = Stock pirce at the end of day in Rs)

VALUE & VOLUME TOPPERS

Essar Oil topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 257.70 crore followed by Reliance Petroleum (Rs 237.80 crore), OnMobile Global (Rs 235 crore), Reliance (Rs 230.50 crore) and Reliance Capital (Rs 208 crore).

Reliance Petroleum led the volume chart with trades of around 1.42 crore shares followed by Reliance Natural Resources (1.21 crore), IFCI (1.09 crore), Essar Oil (1.02 crore) and Nagarjuna Fertilisers (99.70 lakh).

  

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First Published: Mar 03 2008 | 4:08 PM IST

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