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Market@31 March: Day's report

A sharp dip on the NASDAQ forced domestic software stocks to open with a down gap. For a major part of the day, software stocks remained extremely bearish.

At the same time, pivotals managed to attract investment buying at lower levels, and recorded handsome gains. Reliance and Telco hit the upper circuit while Tisco and L&T were strong. Cement and pharma remained in good demand.

Zee Tele, Satyam Computer, Reliance, Himachal and DSQ Software topped volumes, accounting for more than 50 per cent of the total trading volume on the BSE.

Sensex lost 22 points at 5018. Nifty was down 21 points at 1528.

Sensex

• Open: 4892.43
• High: 5022.24
• Low: 4867.23
• Close: 5018.62

Nifty

• Open: 1545.55
• High: 1545.55
• Low: 1493.90
• Close: 1528.10

• BSE advances: 939
• BSE declines: 1076
• BSE unchanged: 183
• BSE volumes: Rs 3302 crore
• NSE volumes: Rs 4006 crore

Stocks at upper circuit
Reliance, Telco, HPCL, IPCL, Dr. Reddy's, Cipla, GV Films, HDFC, Moser Baer, Voltas, McDowell, Dabur, Century, Wockhardt, Global Trust, IDBI Bank, Tube Investments, Ipca Lab, Madras Cement, Kajaria Ceramics, KEC International, Krebs Bio, Otis Elevators, Federal Bank, Leading Edge.

Stocks at lower circuit
Satyam Computer, Himachal, Silverline, SSI, Rolta, Infosys, Global Tele, Wipro, Alok Textiles, Synergy Log-In, Valiant Comm, Crest Comm, Octagon Tech, Ram Info, Usha Beltron, Scanpoint, LCC Info, Worldwide Tele, Polaris, PCS, Atcom, Tata Telecom, Fujitsu ICIM, BITS, Kopran Drugs, Cybertech.

Stocks up over 5 per cent
L&T, Tisco, ACC, Raymond, GNFC, Grasim, Sun Pharma, Svam Soft, Trent, LIC Housing, Catvision, United Phosphorus, India Cement, Lee & Nee Software, UTI Bank, GE Shipping, Hero Honda, Nocil, Godrej Soaps, Multi Arc, Nalco, Gramophone.

Stocks down over 5 per cent
DSQ Soft, Reliance Capital, Pentamedia, Digital Equipment, Tata Elxsi, VSNL, Frontier Info, Bharat Electronics, Colour Chips, HCL Tech, Jain Studio, Kale Consultants, Clio Infotech, Bull Power, Maars Software, Modiluft, Abacus Computers, Jaiprakash Industries.

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