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Market@April 10: Day's report

The software sector remained in the limelight for the third consecutive day. Almost all the top software stocks like Infosys, Wipro, Satyam Computer, Digital Equipment and Pentamedia opened at the upper circuit and remained there throughout the day.

Except for a brief selling pressure in the last half-hour, pivotals like Reliance, SBI, ITC, L&T and Bhel remained strong for a major part of the day.

Sensex up 225 points at 5444. Nifty gains 52 points at 1609.

Trading volumes remained low. Reliance, SBI, ITC, ACC and L&T topped the volume chart accounting for 59 per cent of total BSE volumes. Reliance volumes accounted for 33 per cent of the total volume on the BSE.

BSE Sensex

• Open: 5481.49
• High: 5532.54
• Low: 5435.35
• Current: 5444.02

S&P Nifty

• Open: 1557.55
• High: 1636.95
• Low: 1557.55
• Current: 1609.60

• BSE advances: 1313
• BSE declines: 531
• BSE unchanged: 109
• BSE volumes: Rs 1721 crore
• NSE volumes: Rs 2268 crore

Stocks at upper circuit
Infosys, Wipro, Himachal, Global Tele, Pentamedia, SSI, Silverline, Rolta, DSQ Soft, Dig Equipment, Aptech, HCL Info, Satyam Computer, Tata Elxsi, HCL Techno, Polaris, Kale Consultants, Ranbaxy, Grasim, Apollo Tyres, BPL, MTNL, McDowell, BSES, Bharat Electronics, Bharat Forge, Escorts, Wockhardt, Sun Pharma, Sesa Goa, Aftek Infosys, Alok Textiles, Jupiter Orga, Reliance Capital, Birla Ericsson, Surana Tele, Essel Packaging, Sterlite and Veronica Lab.

Stocks at lower circuit
Fujitsu ICIM, Odyssey Techno, Mobile Tele, BEML, Salora International, Penta Capsule, Geekay Exim, Geep Ind, Recon, Geojit Securities.

Stocks up over 5 per cent
L&T, Cipla, Dr. Reddy's, ICICI, Siemens, Ashok Leyland, ATN International, Ipca Lab, Peerless Shipping, Jindal Photo, Onward Technologies, Supreme Petro, Whirlpool, Deepak Fert, Nilkamal Plastic, Soffia Soft, Cummins, Vysya Bank.

Stocks down over 5 per cent
IDBI, Tata Power, Bombay Dyeing, Kesoram, Core Health, Exide, Bhartiya International, Fulford, Tata Hydro, Transpek, Punjab Anand.

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