Market trips on volatile moves

The market remained highly volatile, as key indices kept swinging between positive and negative zones all through the day. Resuming slightly above its previous close (9330), market snapped the gains in early trades before frenzied buying propelled Sensex to an intra-day high of 9380. While the market failed to make any further impact thereafter, the index drifted into the red once again in noon to touch the day's low of 9165. Sensex, after witnessing an intra-day swing of 215 points, ended 21 points down at 9236, while Nifty declined 26 points to close at 2824.



However, the market breadth was negative. Of the 2,678 stocks traded on the BSE, 1,148 stocks advanced, whereas 1,261 stocks declined. Ninety four stocks ended unchanged. In a volatile market, BSE Auto rose 1.34% while BSE IT, BSE Metal and BSE Bankex ended positive. Other sectoral indices however ended at lower levels.



Dragging the market DLF shed 7.15% at 165, Bharti Airtel dipped 4.80% at Rs622.25, Wipro lost 3.33% at Rs226.55, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd slipped 2.72% at Rs1355.70 and Reliance Communications lost 2.61% at Rs162.05. Larsen & Toubro, Ranbaxy Laboratories, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, State Bank of India, Hindustan Unilever, National Thermal Power Corporation, ITC and ONGC were down 1% each. Jaiprakash Associates however advanced 5.06% at Rs69.55 followed by Maruti Suzuki India that gained 4.67% at Rs544.80. Mahindra & Mahindra scaled up 4.23% at Rs295.85 and Tata Steel moved up 4.23% at Rs295.85. Tata Steel, Hindalco Industries, Tata Motors, Infosys and HDFC ended with steady gains.


Over 9.71 crore shares of Satyam Computer Services changed hands on the BSE followed by Unitech (3.20 crore shares), Suzlon Energy (1.98 crore shares), Oriental Bank of Commerce (1.16 crore shares) and Cals Refineries (1.16 crore shares).