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Markets@15 Feb: Day's report

Wipro, ITC, BSES, Rolta, Videocon International, McDowell and Sterlite hit upper circuit. NIIT and Infosys dip sharply.

• Advances at 840
• Declines 1283
• Unchanged 233

Software stocks showed a mixed trend today. While Infosys and NIIT saw huge selling pressure pushing the Sensex down, Wipro, Satyam Computer and Rolta saw strong buying. Among the pivotals, SBI, MTNL, L&T, ACC, BHEL and Reliance remained weak. ITC was the only pivotal which hit the upper circuit. HLL closed marginally higher.

The Sensex opened at 5797.31 points and touched a peak of 5941.88 points. The low for the day was 5774.32 points. Sensex closed at 5803.19 points.

The Nifty also showed a high of 1744.50 points and its low was 1694.45 points. Nifty closed at 1702.55 points, a drop of 2.47 per cent.

Stocks up by more than 5 per cent
ITC, Rolta, BSES, ICICI, Videocon International, HFCL, HCL Technologies, Frontier Info, ABB, Thomas Cook, Atcom, Alok Textiles, Crest Communications, Moser Baer, Vans Info, Max India, Unicorp, Finolex Industries, Tube Investments, Parekh Platinum and Archies Greetings.

Stocks down by more than 4 per cent
SBI, Infosys, Bhel, Digital Equipment, SSI, Reliance Capital, BPL, HDFC, Colgate, MTNL, ACC, Siemens, M&M, Ashok Leyland, Nicholas Piramal, Asian Paints, Dabur, IndusInd Bank, Polaris, Adam Comsoft, Voltas, Shyam Tele, VSNL, Kale Consultants, IDBI Bank, Clio Finance, Punjab Tractor, Dabur, Visualsoft, VSNL, Nath Seeds, Britannia and Bank of Baroda.

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