Markets: Going for the numbers
Mumbai: The BSE Sensex gained 63 points to close at 4951.17 points. The Nifty closed 19.4 points higher at 1558.80 points.

Market Gainers
Shanti Gears, FAG Bearings, Micro Inks, Hindustan Zinc, Man Industries, Allahabad Bank, Oriental Bank, SBI, Union Bank, Vijaya Bank, Punjab National Bank, Crompton Greaves, Greaves Cotton, Greaves Morganite, Grindwell Norton, Kirloskar Brothers, Bharat Earth Movers, MRPL, Chennai Petroleum, Bongaigaon Refinery, Vaibhav Gems, SB&T International, Foursoft, Morarjee Spinning, BPL, Kopran, Nilkamal Plastics, SKF Bearings, IFCI, Bharat Forge, Nalco, Tata Steel

Market Losers
Malwa Cotton, Advani Oerlikon, Mid-day Multimedia, Ruchi Infrastructure, Hikal, Maharashtra Seamless, Godfrey Philips

Market Counters
BSE 30
Figures in rupees
Gain (+) / Loss (-)
ACC 233.15 +1.45
Bajaj Auto 853.45 +11.90
Bharti Televentures 150.05 -0.10
BHEL 539.30 +12.05
Cipla 233.65 +2.50
Dr. Reddys Laboratories 752.05 +3.95
Grasim Industries 958.45 +7.10
Gujarat Ambuja 276.25 +0.95
HDFC 550.50 +1.60
HDFC Bank 367.05 +2.10
Hero Honda Motors 462.15 +2.45
Hindalco Industries Limited 1,088.90 -3.50
Hindustan Petroleum Corp 288.45
HLL 123.55 +0.10
ICICI Bank 245.00 +6.45
Infosys Technologies 1,477.95 +34.70
ITC 1,024.50 +30.45
Larsen & Toubro Limited 757.65 +33.10
Maruti Udyog 425.15 +4.95
MTNL 130.50 +1.35
ONGC 668.05 +13.35
Ranbaxy Labs 968.55 -7.60
Reliance Energy 569.35 -1.40
Reliance Industries 424.45 +4.15
Satyam Computer Services 329.20 +3.15
State Bank Of India 439.55 +8.75
Tata Motors 413.70 +6.85
Tata Power 257.00 +3.00
TISCO 338.85 +11.65
Wipro 526.00 +1.00
Zee Telefilms 126.55 +0.70

Others
Man Industries up 13.6 per cent at Rs 83
Nagarjuna Construction down Rs 4.5 to Rs 155
Rain Calcining up 12.6 per cent at Rs 15.73
Cadila Healthcare up 5.6 per cent at Rs 475
Goodlass Nerolac up 5.6 per cent at Rs 506
Havell's India up 4.79 per cent at Rs 119.15
Cipla up 1.08 per cent at Rs 233.65
Jindal Iron up 2.69 per cent at Rs 228.65
ICICI Bank up 2.70 per cent at Rs 245
Vimta Labs up 8.5 per cent at Rs 437.80
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Finance Minister to clarify on transaction tax on Monday
New Delhi: The Government is likely to issue clarifications on Monday in the matter of the 0.15 per cent securities transaction tax, with the Finance Minister P.Chidambaram making a statement to the effect in the Lok Sabha. The Finance Minister gave the indication in response to a query from the Shiv Sena Member, Suresh Prabhu, who wanted to know as to when the Government would take a re-look at the proposal to levy 0.15 per cent transaction tax on securities transacted in the stock exchanges.
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