Market@September 19: Day's report

Market was extremely volatile today, after a weak open stocks showed recovery in the first hour of trading. However, the fresh round of selling was triggered by Himachal which was the first to hit the lower circuit at 8 per cent. At the end, it was down by 15 per cent.

In the last half-an-hour, smart recovery took place in stocks like Satyam Comp, Silverline, Global Tele, Wipro and Pentamedia.

Sterlite and SSI were strongest of the lot. While Sterlite gained more than 7 per cent, SSI was up more than 2 per cent. SSI attracted an all-time high volume of 19.8 lakh shares. Sterlite too attracted an all-time high volume of 43 lakh shares. Silverline and Digital Equipment also showed a positive close.

The pivotals also remained under pressure. Reliance, ITC, HLL, SBI, Tisco and ACC showed a negative close.

Sensex down 97 points at 4264, Nifty down 32 points at 1322.

Sensex

• Open: 4295.00
• High: 4390.21
• Low: 4171.89
• Close: 4263.00

Nifty

• Open: 1351.80
• High: 1361.70
• Low: 1295.30
• Close:1322.00

• BSE advances: 381
• BSE declines: 845
• BSE unchanged: 116
• BSE volume: Rs 7491 crore
• NSe Volume: Rs 8326 crore

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

Gainers: Between 7.9 per cent and 16 per cent
HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, HCL Tech, Anco Com, Vans Info, European Soft, Advent Comp.

Gainers: Between 5 per cent and 7.89 per cent
Sterlite, Kale Consult, KLG Systel, Synergy Log, Citicorp, SB&T, HOEC.

Losers: Between 7.9 per cent and 16 per cent
Himachal, Vikas WSP, DSQ Bio, Lee & Nee Soft, United Breweries, Kotak Mahinda, Tata Info, VJIL, Fortune Info, Modiluft, Media Vedio, Octogon Tech.

Losers: Between 5 per cent and 7.89 per cent
Zee Tele, Global Tele, IPCL, Bhel, Dabur, Century, Indian Rayon, Hinduja Finace, BEL, Krone Com, Arvind Mills, Atcom, Tata Finance, Nalco, GV Films, Vindhya Tele, Esab India.

Money

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