Thursday, December 27, 2007

Market trades flat

The 30-share benchmark, having lost its firmness in the earlier trading session, is currently trading on a flat note.

BSE Sensex was last trading at 20,215.83, up 23.31 points while NSE Nifty was trading at 6,067.20, down 3.55 points (12.07 p.m.).

The BSE Midcap added 0.56% and BSE Smallcap added 1.93%.

Out of the total 2,868 stocks traded at the BSE, 2,074 advanced, 752 declined, while 42 remained unchanged.

Amongst the sectoral indices, Bankex rose 0.66%, FMCG rose 1.04%, BSE Power rose 0.34%, BSE Realty moved up 0.32%, BSE IT rose 0.16%.

Gainers at the BSE Sensex were Hindalco, which rose 2.46% to Rs 214.55, HDFC Bank rose 2.23% to Rs 1740.95 and ITC rose 1.78% to Rs 203.20. REL, ICICI Bank, Ambuja Cement, Wipro and ONGC also moved up.

Losers at the BSE Sensex include Bharti Airtel, which declined 2.62% to Rs 956.85, Reliance Comm declined 1.37% to Rs 733.00 and Bajaj Auto dipped 1.27% to Rs 2647.80. Grasim, Tata Motors, Cipla, DLF, RIL and NTPC also slipped.

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