Market@October 17: Day's report

The day started on a weak note for the software stocks and they remained under pressure for a major part of the day. A recovery was witnessed only during the last one hour of the day but failed to give a major push to prices. DSQ Software was major loser with a fall of 14 per cent. Satyam, Zee Tele and Wipro also dipped sharply.

NIIT was the only stock which managed to remain strong, and gained more than 6 per cent. The non-software stocks meanwhile remained under pressure. ITC, Reliance, Ranbaxy and MTNL showed a negative close.

Sensex down 63 points at 3665, Nifty down 20 points at 1156.

Sensex

• Open: 3702.40
• High: 3718.74
• Low: 3613.74
• Close: 3665.18

Nifty

• Open: 1174.30
• High: 1174.30
• Low: 1140.60
• Close: 1156.2

• BSE advances: 345
• BSE declines: 766
• BSE unchanged: 94
• BSE volume: Rs 4648 crore

Most active stocks
Himachal, Global Tele, Infosys, Satyam, Zee Tele

Gainers:Between 7.9 per cent and 16 per cent
Mobile Tele, Nexus Soft, Atlas Gears.

Gainers:Between 5 per cent and 7.89 per cent
NIIT, UTI Bank, Gramophone, Sharp Ind, Avon Organics, Tamil Newsprint, Denim Ent, ABB Alstom.

Losers:Between 7.9 per cent and 16 per cent
DSQ Soft, DSQ Bio, PSI Data, EIH, Fujitsu, Infotech Ent, Cybertech, Anco Com, Fortune Info, Vakrangee.

Losers:Between 5 per cent and 7.89 per cent
Zee Tele, Satyam, Mastek, Shyam Tele, Padmini Poly, Castrol, Orient Info, Computech, Visualsoft, Sonata Soft, Trigyn, Pun Tractors.

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