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Stock Markets Stock Markets Sensex Gains 158.12 Pts; DLF, SBI, Rel Capital Surge
| Sensex Gains 158.12 Pts; DLF, SBI, Rel Capital Surge |
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| Written by Neena Sareen |
| Wednesday, 01 July 2009 15:32 |
 The benchmark index Sensex, gained further ground on account of continued buying action witnessed across board. Realty stocks were in limelight and gained the most followed by oil & gas, banking and capital goods stocks, while consumer durables went down. BSE Midcap and Smallcap index also remained up and gained 0.89% and 0.05% respectively. Among the sectoral indices, BSE Realty climbed 3.72%, Oil & gas, Bankex and Capital goods gained more than 1% each, whereas Consumer durables was down by 0.63%. At 02:09 p.m., the 30-share index Sensex gained 158.12 points to trade at 14,651.96. It also hit an intraday high of 14,696.07 and an intraday low of 14,355.52. In the meantime, the broad based Nifty stood at 4,339.20, up 48.10 points, after touching an intraday high of 4,356.70 and an intraday low of 4,249.70. The overall market breadth was negative as 1,067 stocks posted gains and 1,382 declined. The top gainers in the 30-share index included DLF (3.93%), Reliance Capital (3.81%), SBI (2.41%), Bharti Airtel (2.31%), Rel Ind (2.31%), and Tata Motors (2.16%). On the other hand, the major losers in the 30-share index were Hindalco Industries (4.34%), ACC (1.55%), ONGC (1.14%), JP Asso (0.46%), Wipro (0.04%), and Grasim Industries (0.01%). |