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Mirroring the Sensex movement, the sectoral indices, too, bounced from lower levels today.
The market breadth was slightly negative - out of 2,511 stocks traded, 1,440 declined, 1,018 advanced and 53 were unchanged today.
INDEX MOVERS & SHAKERS
NTPC, which slipped to a low of Rs 125, soared 5% to Rs 136.
Hero Honda zoomed 3.3% to Rs 850, and Maruti rallied 2.4% to Rs 920.
ACC surged 2% to Rs 952 after hitting a low of Rs 900. ICICI Bank dropped to a low of Rs 525, but gained nearly 2% to close at Rs 577. TCS added 1.6% to Rs 1,982.
Reliance hit a low of Rs 97 before finally closing above the Rs 1,000-mark for the first time at Rs 1,008.
Bharti Tele bounced from a low of Rs 377 to close with a gain of 1% at Rs 406.
Cipla dropped 2.7% to Rs 253, and Satyam dropped 2.3% to Rs 749.
Hindalco shed 2% to Rs 213, and Tata Steel declined nearly 1% to Rs 634.
OTHER GAINERS & LOSERS
Dabur India zoomed 11.5% to Rs 156. Datamatic Technology, Godrej Industries, Orient Paper, Opto Circuits, Shah Alloy, Ajanta Pharma, Sterlite Industries, Escorts, Cadila Healthcare, Zee, Hinduja TMT, Century Textiles, Hindustan Zinc and Ashok Leyland were the other major gainers today.
R Systems plunged 10.7% to Rs 220. Indiabulls, Sun Iron & Steel, Tata Sponge, Patni Computers, Aarvee Denims, RPG Life Science, NRB Bearings, Onward Tech, Ultratech Cemco, RCF, SAIL, Sun TV, Dena Bank, Geometric Software, National Fertilisers, Ispat Industries and Mastek were the other major losers.
VALUE & VOLUME TOPPERS
Debutant Tantia Construction topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 230.79 crore followed by Reliance (Rs 213.49 crore), Hindustan Zinc (Rs 177.70 crore), Indiabulls (Rs 168.25 crore) and Satyam (Rs 123.88 crore).
Tantia Construction also led the volume chart with trades of around 1.06 crore shares followed by JP Hydro-power (70 lakh), Indiabulls (63.33 lakh), Ashok Leyland (56.28 lakh) and Emkay Share (53 lakh).
