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Equity Markets For The Day
The sensex opened at 17,020.79 and after few minutes
of trading moved up in the positive to trade on a
flat note. The market was volatile in the noon
deals. Later it plunged below 17k touching an
intraday low of 16,678.94, wrapping the day on a
weak
note. While the broad-based NSE Nifty skidded 99
points, or 1.95% at 4,982.60.
BSE Mid-cap Index closed 2.25% down, while the BSE
Small-cap Index fell 2.11%.
Among sectoral indices, the BSE Oil & Gas was worst
hit, shed 4.71% followed by Realty and Bankex which
fell over 2% each, while BSE Metal, Power and Auto
was down 1% each
Biggest index losers were Jaiprakash Associates
which plunged over 6%, to close at Rs 251.30, RIL
dropped 5.19% to Rs 2527.65 and REL lost 4.45% to
close at Rs 1332.05. Other losers were ACC, HDFC
Bank, Cipla, TCS, BHEL, ICICI Bank and L&T also
traded lower.
Bharti Airtel and ITC moved up 1% each followed by
Wipro, Satyam and Grasim.
Out of the total 2,784 shares traded at the BSE, 704
advanced, 2,019 declined while 61 remained
unchanged.
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CLOSE
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POINTS
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%CHANGE
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NIFTY |
4983 |
-100 |
-2% |
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SENSEX |
16737 |
-344 |
-2% |
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