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Monday, January 21, 2008

Saare Zameen Par


After having a deep negative opening for the day, the markets tumbled down further with heavy losses. It was the worst trading session the investors would have seen in their lifetime history. For the first time ever, markets broke all the important technical and psychological levels and witnessed an intraday fall of more then 2000 points. BSE was shut for a brief period of time, however it resumed trading immediately. Later Sensex recovered 700 points from its day''s low. Among major sectors, Metal, Oil & Gas, Realty and Capital Goods suffered badly. Even the Small Caps and Mid Caps were the most hit as they faced heavy selling pressure across the counters. The BSE Sensex touched an intraday high of 18,919.57 and low of 16,951.50. On the closing bell, the Sensex ended lower by 1,408.35 points at 17,605.35 and NSE Nifty fell by 496.50 points to close at 5,208.8. The BSE Mid Cap and Small Cap closed with heavy losses of 1,011.72 points and 1,248.79 points at 7,881.99 and 10,911.66 respectively.

BSE Metal index stood as the top loser by losing 2295.42 points to close at 14,963.38. Scrips that slipped are Jindal Steel (85.28%) on the back of stock split, Ispat Inds (27.13%), Maharashtra Seamless (23.04%), Sesa Goa (22.18%), Jindal Stainless (17.84%) and Gujarat NRE (16.08%).

BSE Oil & Gas index also slipped by 1505.58 points to close at 11,089.33. Scrips that dropped are Essar Oil (31.55%), RNRL (23.21%), IOC (18.11%), RPL (17.53%), Aban Offshore (14.48%) and HPCL (12.61%).

BSE Capital Goods index fell by 1245.81 points to close at 17,087.82. Scrips that plunged are Suzlon Energy (80.75%) due to stock split, Praj. Inds (19.10%), Lakshmi Machine (16.40%), Kir Oil Eng (15.83%).

BSE Bankex index slipped by 790.40 points to close at 10,582.01. Scrips that fell are Cent. Bank Of Punjab (18.69%), Andhra bank (14.29%), Kotak Bank (14.28%).

BSE Auto index dropped by 483.21 points to close at 4,664.53 as Ashok Leyland (20.41%), Escorts Ltd (20.30%), TVS Motors (19.64%).