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Market@June 19: Day's report

Market remains extremely bullish. The day started on a positive note, and software stocks managed to attract huge buying. As a result, a large number of stocks hit the upper circuit at 8 per cent. Pentamedia and Silverline were the strongest software stocks. Profit booking was witnessed in the last half-an-hour of the day.

Meanwhile, the pivotals also attracted investment buying. ITC, HLL, L&T, ACC, Bhel, SBI, and Ranbaxy remained firm for a major part of the day. Trading volumes were high and touched a three-month high on both the exchanges.

Sensex up 76 points at 4841, Nifty up 19 points at 1496.

Sensex

• Open: 4808.25
• High: 4884.89
• Low: 4788.94
• Close: 4841.02

Nifty

• Open: 1477.55
• High: 1510.45
• Low: 1477.55
• Close: 1496.60

• BSE advances: 970
• BSE declines: 539
• BSE unchanged: 104
• BSE volume: Rs 4864 crore
• NSE volume: Rs 6420 crore

Most active stocks:
Himachal, Satyam Comp, Infosys, Global Tele, Silverline.

Gainers: Between 7.9 per cent and 12 per cent
Zee Tele, Silverline, Pentamedia, Raymond, HCL Info, Bharat Electronics, Crest Com, Guj Gas, Shyam Tele, Thermax, Hinduja Finance, Nelco, Atcom Tech, Reckitt & Col, Tata Finance, Penta Com, Sri Adhikari, Frontier Info.

Gainers: Between 5 per cent and 7.9 per cent
Wipro, Rolta, BPL, Tata Power, Siemens, Sun Pharma, Finolex Cable, PSI Data, Titan, Adam Comsoft, CMC, Centurion Bank.

Losers: Between 12 per cent and 7.9 per cent
Bombay Dyeing, Vans Info, Alps Info, Kanoria Chem, Mascon Global, Multi Arc.

Losers: Between 7.9 per cent and 5 per cent
Swaraj Eng, Mobile Tele, Abacus Comp, Veronica Lab, Orient Paper, Indal.

Market Report

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