Sensex up 120
After dropping to a low of 5743.58, during the day the Sensex closed at 5904.52 with a gain of 120.73-points over Monday. The S&P CNX Nifty closed higher by 40.25 points at 1878.45. The BSE TECk index was up 5.62 per cent at 1289.84 while the CNX-IT Index closed at 21923.6 with a 7.1 per cent increase.

Market Gainers
Satyam, Wipro, Hughes Software, Reliance Industries, Tata Motors, State Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank, Vijaya Bank, State Bank of India, Jagsonpal Pharma, Elder Pharma, ACC, Gujarat Ambuja, Grasim Birla Corp, Balrampur Chini Mills, Dhampur Sugar, Sakthi Sugars

Market Losers
HDFC, Hero Honda BHEL, Ranbaxy, HCL Infosystem, MphasiS BFL, Biocon, Aurobindo Pharma, Unichem Labs, Ranbaxy, Wockhardt

Market Counters
Infosys up by Rs 350.35 to close at Rs.5490.2
Hero Honda dropped by Rs 3.35 to close at Rs 501.50
Indian Overseas Bank stock up by 15 per cent at Rs 68
Birla Corp increased by about six per cent to close at Rs.71.2
Biocon dropped by 10 per cent to Rs 622.4
Wipro rose more than 10 per cent to close at Rs 1,605.10
Grasim gained 3.2 per cent to close at Rs 1,158.70
ACC was up 1.2 per cent at Rs 267.25
L&T rose 2.8 per cent to Rs 613.05
Gujarat Ambuja rose 3.8 per cent to Rs 318
DCM Shriram Consolidated gained 3.37 per cent at Rs 259
MphasiS BFL Software down by 1.32 per cent at Rs 574.75
Dhampur Sugar closed at Rs 36.45, up 8.97 per cent
Sakthi Sugar closed at Rs 33.60 up 2.60 per cent
Balram Chinni Mills closed at Rs 380.15, up 0.94 per cent
Thiru Arooran Sugar up 8.06 per cent at Rs 44.25
Rajashree Sugar up 5.92 per cent at Rs 29.50
Indian Overseas Bank up 15 per cent at Rs 68
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BSE hikes membership fee to Rs 90 lakh
Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has decided to increase its membership fee from Rs 65 lakh last year to Rs 90 lakh this year. BSE in a statement said the exchange has decided to admit 25 members in the cash segment for a minimum entrance fee of Rs 90 lakh. The BSE has invited applications for membership and the governing board has decided to accept the top 25 applications, the exchange said. The membership is open to individuals or corporates, except subsidiaries of recognised stock exchanges, it said.
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