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Sensex ends near 15900; realty, capital goods up

28 Aug 09 05:31 PM
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MUMBAI: Across the board buying saw Indian markets end tepid session on a positive note. The upmove was led by gains in realty, capital goods and auto space.

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex was at 15889.73, up 108.66 points or 0.69 per cent. The index touched an intra-day high of 15957.67 and low of 15663.35.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty was at 4723.85, up 35.65 points or 0.76 per cent. The index hit 52-week high of 4743.75 and low of 4651.40.

BSE Midcap Index was up 0.61 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 0.66 per cent up.

Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE Realty Index was up 3.55 per cent, BSE Capital Goods Index gained 1.06 per cent and BSE Auto Index gained 0.97 per cent. BSE FMCG Index was down 0.72 per cent.

DLF (5.42%), Jaiprakash Associates (5.40%), Bharti Airtel (4.08%), Hindalco (2.69%) and Reliance Infra (2.43%) were amongst the Sensex gainers.

Tata Power (-1.64%), ITC (-1.50%), Sun Pharmaceuticals (-1.20%), Wipro (-1.13%) and NTPC (-1.02%) were amongst the top losers.

Market breadth was positive on the BSE with 1507 advances and 1276 declines.