Sensex ends up 92pts, Dr. Reddy's gains 3%

After opening with a positive gap of 38 points at 13,018, the Sensex displayed lacklustre movement in morning trades.

Fresh buying in select heavyweights like ITC and NTPC saw the index rally to a high of 13,112 in mid-noon deals. The index, however, pared some gains and finally settled at 13,072 - up 92 points.

In the process, the Sensex ended the holiday-shortened week with a loss of 214 points. While the index was up 134 points for the month, it was down 715 points for the first quarter of the calendar year.

The BSE Healthcare index rallied nearly 2% to 3649 today, and the Metal index surged 1.7% to 8488. The Auto and FMCG indices were up around 1.5% each to 4869 and 1739, respectively.

The market breadth was positive - out of 2,610 stocks traded, 1,676 advanced, 864 declined and 70 were unchanged today.

SMART MOVERS

Dr.Reddy's and NTPC surged over 3% each to Rs 728 and Rs 150, respectively. ITC soared 2.5% to Rs 150.

Ranbaxy, Gujarat Ambuja, Tata Steel and Satyam rallied around 2% each to Rs 353, Rs 107, Rs 450 and Rs 470, respectively.

Grasim, Tata Motors and HDFC Bank advanced 1.7% each to Rs 2,091, Rs 728 and Rs 949, respectively.

Hindalco and Reliance Energy gained 1.5% each at Rs 130 and Rs 495, respectively. Maruti and Infosys were up 1% each at Rs 820 and Rs 2,013, respectively.

Wipro and TCS slipped over 1% each to Rs 558 and Rs 1,231, respectively. HDFC was down 1% at Rs 1,520.

VALUE & VOLUME TOPPERS

Indiabulls Real Estate topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 174.55 crore followed by Renuka Sugar (Rs 77.89 crore), Reliance (Rs 77.28 crore), MindTree (Rs 60.97 crore) and Sesa Goa (Rs 59.45 crore).

IFCI led the volume chart with trades of around 1.50 crore shares followed by Indiabulls Real Estate (56.74 lakh), Sakthi Sugar (48.41 lakh), Idea (32.16 lakh) and G V Films (27.66 lakh).