The Sensex opened with a huge positive gap of 472 points at 11,781 on the back of record gains on the Wall Street wherein the two major indices viz Dow Jones and Nasdaq both soaring over 11% each.
The index touched a high of 11,870 in early noon trades. The index, thereafter, witnessed profit taking and touched a low of 11,410 - down 460 points from the day's high - at the fag end of the day. The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 174 points at 11,483.
The BSE IT index soared 5.4% to 2,940. The Healthcare index surged 4.7% to 3,405, and Realty index rallied nearly 2% to 2,805. The Metal index, however, shed 2% at 6,852.
The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,683 stocks traded, 1,654 advanced, 974 declined and 55 were unchanged today.
INDEX MOVERS...
Satyam soared 7.4% to Rs 289, and Infosys zoomed nearly 6% to Rs 1,397.
Jaiprakash Associates, ICICI Bank, Reliance Infrastructure and Tata Power surged over 5% each to Rs 85, Rs 447, Rs 632 and Rs 830, respectively.
Bharti Airtel, Reliance, DLF and Wipro rallied over 3% each to Rs 764, Rs 1,620, Rs 311 and Rs 292, respectively.
Hindustan Unilever and TCS gained 3% each at Rs 239 and Rs 592, respectively.
Sterlite and Ranbaxy advanced over 2% each to Rs 325 and Rs 280, respectively.
SBI moved up 1.8% to Rs 1,528. Larsen & Toubro advanced 1.5% to Rs 1,004, and HDFC added 1.2% to Rs 1,839.
...AND THE SHAKERS
Reliance Communications tumbled nearly 5% to Rs 269. Hindalco plunged over 4% to Rs 85.
ONGC shed 3.8% at Rs 881, and HDFC Bank dropped 3.5% to Rs 1,139.
NTPC and Mahindra & Mahindra slipped 2.7% each to Rs 174 and Rs 507, respectively. ITC declined 1% to Rs 169.
VALUE & VOLUME TOPPERS
ICICI Bank topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 258 crore followed by Reliance Capital (Rs 218 crore), Reliance (Rs 210.25 crore), SBI (Rs 186 crore) and Core Projects (Rs 143.85 crore).
Core Projects led the volume chart with trades of around 2.20 crore shares followed by IFCI (1.10 crore), Reliance Natural Resources (1.05 crore), GVK Power (1.01 crore) and HDIL (71 lakh).
