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Bush, corporates' performance ignite sentiment
Mumbai: At the BSE, the 30-share Sensitive Index (Sensex) ended with a gain of 87.78 points (1.53 per cent) at 5,842.54, its best close since April 27. The NSE's S&P CNX Nifty gained 23.70 points (1.31 per cent) to close at 1,837.40. The last three trading sessions, including Wednesday, has seen the Sensex gain 193 points.

Market Gainers
ACC, Bharti TeleVentures, BHEL, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Grasim Industries, HDFC Bank, Hindalco, HLL, HPCL, HDFC, ITC, ICICI Bank, Infosys Technologies, L&T, ONGC, Reliance Industries, Ranbaxy Laboratories, Reliance Energy, Satyam Computers, State Bank of India, Tata Steel, Wipro, Zee Telefilms, Jindal Iron & Steel Company, Jindal Vijayanagar Steel, Sesa Goa, SAIL, Sterlite Industries, Saw Pipes, Hindalco, TCS, MphasiS BFL, Polaris Labs, Patni Computers, Moser Baer, HCL Technologies, i-flex Solutions

Market Losers
Bajaj Auto, Cipla, Gujarat Ambuja Cements, Hero Honda Motors, Maruti Udyog, Tata Power, TVS Motor Company, Mahindra & Mahindra, Ashok Leyland

Market Counters
BSE 30

Figures in Rupees
Gain (+) / Loss (-)

ACC 264.45
Bajaj Auto 981.90
Bharti Televentures 159.40
BHEL 639.35
Cipla 276.90
Dr. Reddys Laboratories 768.15
Grasim Industries 1,145.20
Gujarat Ambuja 351.45
HDFC 667.45
HDFC Bank 428.45
Hero Honda Motors 429.05
Hindalco Industries Limited 1,241.95
Hindustan Petroleum Corp 311.05
HLL 128.30
ICICI Bank 307.25
Infosys Technologies 1,961.65
ITC 1,135.60
Maruti Udyog 378.20
MTNL 125.90
ONGC 799.20
Ranbaxy Labs 1,127.25
Reliance Energy 636.65
Reliance Industries 543.65
Satyam Computer Services 390.80
State Bank Of India 487.65
Tata Motors 419.50
Tata Power 315.75
TISCO 298.85
Wipro 675.00
Zee Telefilms 154.50

Others
UB Holdings
up 9.02 per cent at Rs47.15
Thirumalai Chemicals up 1.99 per cent at Rs113
Mysore Cement up 2.84 per cent at Rs15.23
Kaktiya Cement up 5.61 per cent at Rs84.65
Birla Corp up 1.14 per cent at Rs137
Prism Cement up 3.8 per cent at Rs13.12
Century Textiles up 2.41 per cent at Rs152.75
Glenmark Pharma closed at Rs339.95
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Citigroup outfits pick up stake in Tata Motors
Kolkata: Citigroup outfits, Citigroup Global Markets and Citibank NY Citigroup GL have jointly bought 36,05,114 shares of Tata Motors, representing around 1 per cent of the total paid-up capital of the company.

Citibank NA, another outfit of the group, has all along been a depository for its GDRs, which were listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. After the recent conversion of Tata Motors GDRs into ADRs and their listing on the New York Stock Exchange, Citibank NA continued to be the depository of ADRs.

The Citibank outfits bought the shares through the BSE on October 21. Citigroup Global Markets picked up 15.97 lakh shares of Tata Motors at Rs411each, while Citibank NY Citigroup GL purchased 20.08 lakh shares at Rs411.51 each.

Among the FIIs who currently stay invested in Tata Motors shares in India are Government of Singapore, HSBC Global Investment Fund, Templeton Fund Inc and Janus Special Equity Fund.
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Boyer Allan may double size to over $100 million
Mumbai: Boyer Allan Investment Management Ltd, one of the larger hedge funds investing in India, expects to double its India-specific fund by the middle of next year.

The fund, launched last year, is currently worth $50 million, and is seeking to raise money from the US and European institutions to scale a size of over $100 million by summer. The fund has a broad-based strategy of investing and does not particularly have a sector preference in stock picking.

The fund expects good double-digit returns this year from its Indian investments. The hardening of interest rates is a sign of the strength of the Indian economy, said fund officials.
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