Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 17:30 PM
Markets closed higher.
Markets after opening firm positive declined in the noon trading session but managed to close positive led by Hinduastan Unilever's strong up movement, following a stake hike by the parent company, Unilever PLC. Sensex closed up by 116.68 points or 0.60% at 19,504.18 after opening positively up by 105.33 points or 0.54% at 19,492.83 and touching a high of 19,622.68 and a low of 19,317.38, while Nifty ended up by 26.10 points or 0.44% at 5,930.20 after opening up by 28.50 points or 0.48% at 5,932.60 and touched a high of 5,962.30 and a low of 5,867.80 in the day.
Sectoral wise, FMCG index surged up by 4.65%, Metal, Healthcare and IT indices gained up between 1%-0.50% each, Aotu advanced up by 0.48%, Power up by 0.25% and PSU tad up by 0.15%, Realty index fell by 1.07%, Capital Goods and Consumer Durables declined by 0.47% and 0.44%, Banex and Oil & Gas down by 0.33% and 0.32%. Whereas in broader markets Mid-cap index gained up by 0.42% while Small-cap index dropped by 0.31%.
Major stock gainers were, Hindustan Unilever spurted up by 17.28%, Sterlite Industries surged up by 4.03%, Mahindra & Mahindra gained up by 2.24%, Wipro Limited, Coal India Limited, Dr Reddys Laboratories, ITC, Tata Motors Limited, Sun Pharmaceuticals Limited and Jindal Steel & Power Limited gained up between 2%-1% each, ICICI Bank, NTPC and BHEL Gained up between 1%-0.50%, Tata Consultancy Services up by 0.40%, Infosys and Bharti Airtel advanced up by 0.24% and 0.20%, Gail (India) and Tata Steel Limited inched up by 0.19% and 0.15%.
Major stock losers were, HDFC, HDFC Bank Limited, Hindalco Industries and Larsen & Toubro dropped between 2%-1% each, BAjaj Auto and Maruti Suzuki declined by 0.80% and 0.71%, ONGC and Reliance Industries Limited fell by 0.56% each, Tata Power Company down by 0.52%, Cipla Limited fell by 0.39%, State Bank of India down by 0.36% and Hero Motocorop fell by 0.22% each.
Overall market breadth was negative with 1,271 shares declined compared to 1,067 shares advanced while 144 shares remained unchanged.
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