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Market@24 Feb: Day's report

Sensex closes strong with HLL at upper circuit. Wipro hits down circuit on second consecutive day.

The Sensex rose 169 points at 5811 and the Nifty was up 48 points at 1743.7.

With major software stocks and HLL opening at the upper circuit, the Sensex remained strong in early morning. However, pivotals like ITC saw huge selling pressure, and software sales also took place. The sensex was highly volatile.

The Sensex opened at 5764.16 points, and touched a peak of 5816.16 at 1140 IST. The trend thereafter remained weak, and the market fell one-way to 5620.83 at 1330 IST. The recovery from this level was very sharp to close at 5811.71 points.

• BSE advances: 1101
• BSE declines: 1060
• BSE unchanged: 247
• BSE volumes: Rs 4033 crore
• NSE volumes: Rs 5580 crore

Sensex

• Open: 5764.16
• High: 5816.16
• Low: 5620.83
• Close: 5811.70

Nifty

• Open: 1696.40
• High: 1751.60
• Low: 1693.10
• Close: 1743.70

Stocks at upper circuit
Zee Telefilms, HLL, Reliance Capital, SSI, Global Tele, Pentasoft Technologies, Essel Packaging, Himachal Futuristic, Orient Info, Sun Pharma, ABB, Cadbury, Philips, Moser Baer, Shyam Telecom, Tata Telecom, Crest Communication, Maars Software, Tamil Tele, Fujitsu ICIM, Catvision, Mukand Engineering, Gramophone, GV Films and IDBI.

Stocks at lower circuit
Indo Gulf, Parekh Platinum, Hinduja Finance, Wipro, NELCO, Indswift, Octagon Techno, Wockhardt, Mastek, Sonata Software, Insilco, Max Inda, VJIL Consulting and Denim Enterprises.

Stocks up over 5 per cent
Satyam Computer, ICICI, Ojas Technologies, Cybermate, Gujarat Ambuja, Hind Lever Chemicals, Polaris, Worldwide Technologies, Lee & Nee Software, Thirumalai Chemicals, Prime Securities, BILT, Innovative Software, Range Apparel, Autolite, Bal Pharma, Mafatlal Industries and Tanu Leafin.

Stocks down over 5 per cent
Pentamedia, Rolta, ICICI Bank, Kaashyap Radiant, GE Shipping, Scanapoint, Sriven Multi-Tech, Salora International, Usha Beltron, Modiluft, Adarsh Derivatives, TVS Suzuki, Mirc Electronics, Nagreeka Exports, Nocil, Principal Pharma, Apollo Hospitals, Indian Shaving, MindTeck and Morepan Labs.

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