Market@July 25: Day's report

After an extremely weak opening, prices recovered strongly in the second half. The rally was extremely sharp in counters like Wipro, Satyam, SSI, Rolta and Sterlite. All these counters gained more than 8 per cent.

Non-software stocks like L&T, ACC, ITC, SBI, Tisco and Grasim also showed smart gains from their intra-day lows.

Sensex up 148 points at 4336. Nifty up 39 points at 1356.

The trading volume on both exchanges was significantly high. Sterlite, Infosys, and Pentamedia touched their all-time high volumes. While Sterlite recorded a volume of 2.9 million shares, Infosys and Pentamedia clocked volume of 0.88 million shares and 3.85 million shares respectively. Himachal also witnessed a trading volume of 6.8 million shares.

BSE Sensex

• Open: 4097.22
• High: 4369.14
• Low: 4052.61
• Close: 4336.20

S&P CNX Nifty

• Open: 1317.35
• High: 1363.45
• Low: 1269.25
• Close: 1356.35

• BSE advances: 746
• BSE declines: 426
• BSE unchanged: 79
• BSE volume: Rs 5376 crore
• NSE volume: Rs 6084 crore

Most active
Himachal, Satyam, Infosys, Zee Tele, Global Tele.

Gainers: Between 7.9 per cent and 16 per cent
Satyam, Wipro, Sterlite, Rolta, L&T, Reliance Capital, HCL Info, SSI, Moser Baer, Bhel, Tata Elxsi, Orient Info, Sun Pharma, Guj Ambuja Cements.

Gainers: Between 5 per cent and 7.89 per cent
Global Tele, Zee Tele, Infosys, Silverline, M&M, Escorts, HCL Tech, McDowell, Century, Hughes Soft, BPCL, Glaxo, HDFC Bank, Voltas.

Losers: Between 7.9 per cent and 16 per cent
Denim Ent, Avon Organics, Nat Peroxide, Adam Comsoft, West Coast.

Losers: Between 5 per cent and 7.9 per cent
Kale Consultants, Frontier Info, Peerless Shipping, Sibar Soft, Citurgia, Bits, Ucal Fuel, Ajanta Pharma, Eupharma Lab.

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