Nifty ends flat; realty, banks, auto, pharma gain
02 Dec 2009
The Nifty closed flat at around 5120 after a volatile session. Buying interest was seen in realty, auto, banks, and pharma stocks while FMCG, capital goods and power stocks witnessed selling pressure. Infosys, ICICI Bank, SBI and HDFC Bank were the positive contributor to the Sensex while Reliance, L&T, HDFC and ITC were the negative contributors.
The Sensex was down 28.36 points or 0.16% at 17169.9. It has touched an intraday high of 17,329.68 and an intraday low of 17,142.36.
The Nifty was up 1.25 points or 0.02% at 5123.25. It has touched an intraday high of 5161.75 and an intraday low of 5111.75.
The markets breadth was positive, about 1580 shares have advanced, 1304 shares declined, and 549 shares are unchanged.
Top gainers on the bourses were Tata Motors at Rs 728 up 3.89%, Ranbaxy Labs at Rs 486.75 up 3.70%, DLF at Rs 382.10 up 3.05%, Maruti Suzuki at Rs 1,606 up 1.12%, HDFC Bank at Rs 1,807 up 1% and SBI at Rs 2,303 up 0.47%.
Top losers on the bourses were Sun Pharma at Rs 1,488.80 down 3.25%, HCL Tech at Rs 329.80 down 3.17%, Siemens at Rs 524 down 2.37%, Reliance Infra at Rs 1,060.30 down 1.89%, HDFC at Rs 2,752.90 down 1.75% and ACC at Rs 795.35 down 1.52%.