Tue, May 21, 2013 at 16:00 PM
Markets ends lower, amid volatile session.
Markets after opening almost flat in the morning traded in the range and closed weak amid volatile session, weighed down by auto sector due to profit booking. Sensex ended down by 112.37 points or 0.56% at 20,111.61 after opening almost flat positive by 3.19 points or 0.02% at 20,227.17 and touched a high of 20,308.04 and a low of 20,072.68 while Nifty closed down by by 42.80 points or 0.70% at 6,114.10 after opening slightly weak down by 4.55 points or 0.07% at 6,152.35 and touched a high of 6,180.25 and a low of 6,102.35 in the day.
Sectoral wise, Realty index closed down by 2.59%, followed by indices were Auto, Power and PSU down between 2%-1%, Bankex, Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Metal indices declined between 1%-0.50%, FMCG and Capital Goods index fell by 0.35% and 0.33%, while IT index closed positive up by 0.80% and Consumer Durables index almost flat up by 0.01%. Whereas from broader markets, Mid-cap index declined down by 0.62% and Small-cap index fell by 0.43%.
Major stock gainers were, Coal India Limited surged up by 2.11%, BHEL and Tata Consultancy Services gained up by 1.83% and 1.03%, Infosys, Sun Pharmaceuticals and HDFC gained between 1%-0.50%, Hindalco Industries Limited and Wipro Limited rose by 0.32% and 0.24%, while ICICI Bank Limited ended marginally up by 0.11%.
Major stock losers were, NTPC dropped by 4.21%, Tata Motors Limited declined by 3.06%, Maruti Suzuki, State Bank of India and Tata Steel Limited fell between 3%-2%, ONGC, Jindal Steel & Power Limited, Mahindra & Mahindra, Sterlite Industries Limited and Dr Reddys Laboratories declined between 2%-1%, Bharti Airtel Limited, Hero MotoCorp, ITC, HDFC Bank Limited, Tata Power Limited, Larsen & Toubro and Bajaj Auto Limited fell between 1%-0.50%, Reliance Industries Limited and Gail (India) down by 0.43% and 0.21%, while Hindustan Unilever and Cipla Limited were marginally down by 0.09% and 0.07%.
Overall market breadth was firm negative with 1,429 shares declined compared to 940 shares advanced while 143 shares remained unchanged.
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