~~~Market Updates~~~

SENSEX:
Day's High: 10940.45.
Day's Low:10611.35.

July 5, 2006.
Rains fail to dampen mkt spirits:

The markets closed in the positive terrain despite weak cues from its Asian peers. The markets opened weak but picked up momentum during the later part of the day.

After the initial hicups the Sensex moved north to breach the 10900 level. The Nifty closed near the the 3200 mark.

:arrow: The Sensex closed at 10,919.64 up 257.42 points and the Nifty closed at 3197 up 58 points.
:arrow: The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 5,349.32, up 24 points.
:arrow: The BSE Midcap Index ended at 4,427.06, up 36 points.

About 1284 shares have advanced, 1033 shares declined, and 84 shares are unchanged.

The major gainers on the indices were Reliance Energy, HDFC, Grasim, Suzlon and ABB.

All the BSE sectoral indices closed in the positive terrain. FMCG and metal stocks are witnessed heavy buying and were leading the rally.

Markets today:

-Markets up on broad-based buying; Power, metals, FMCG stocks lead

-Sentiment positive despite weak global cues, incessant Mumbai rains

-Fund-based buying in frontline stocks helps indices close firm

-Sensex closes up 2.4% at 10,920; Nifty up 1.9% at 3197 points

-BSE FMCG index up 3.2%; HLL up 4%, ITC up 3.2%, Dabur India up 2%

-BSE Metals index up 3.1%; SAIL up 3%, Hindalco up over 1%

-Tata Steel up 4.8%; to augment capacity to 30 mt by 2015-16

-BSE Capital Goods index up 2.2%; L&T up 4%, Siemens up 2.6%

-Power stocks light up; Suzlon up 7%, Reliance Energy up 5.5%

-Midcap stocks underperform; NSE CNX Midcap index up 1.1%

-Market breadth positive; NSE Advance:Decline ratio at 3:2

-Total market turnover Rs 28,951.59 cr vs 21,608.46 cr yesterday.

:arrow: The BSE Metal Index advanced by 3.3% at 8,764.86. Hind Zinc, Tata Steel, Jindal Saw and Sterlite Ind witnessed heavy buying interest.
:arrow: The BSE FMCG Index was up 3.2% at 2,005.57. Nestle, HLL, ITC, Dabur India and P&G closed in green.
:arrow: The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 2.3% at 7,112.69. Praj Industries, ABB, Crompton Greave, BEML and L&T closed higher.
:arrow: The BSE Bankex was up 2% at 4,499.30. ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Union Bank, UTI Bank and Bank of India Bank surged.
:arrow: The BSE Health Care Index was up by 1.94% at 3,167.56. Apollo Hospital, Aurobindo Pharma, Matrix Lab, Orchid Chemical and Cipla were among the major gainers.
:arrow: The BSE Oil and Gas Index rose 1.8% at 5,432.22. IOC, Reliance, HPCL and Chennai Petro advanced higher.
:arrow: The BSE Auto Index added 1.2% at 4,812.95. Apollo Tyres, Tube Investment, Bharat Forge and MICO closed in positive terrain.
:arrow: The BSE IT Index was up by 1.2% at 3,843.59. HCL Tech, I-Flex Solution, TCS, HCL Info and Infosys moved up.
:arrow: The BSE Consumer Durables Index gained 0.77% at 2,767.70. BPL, Titan Industries, Samtel Color and Blue Star moved up.
:arrow: The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 6051.98 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 20136.86 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 2762.75 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 28951.59 crore.

SENSEX 10,773.00 :arrow: 146.6 (down) ( 6/7/2006 14:14 )

NIFTY 3,161.65 :arrow: 35.45 (down) ( 6/7/2006 13:58 )

July 6, 2006. Markets fall.

BSE Indices:
Sensex-> 10767.97 (151.67 points).
BSE Auto-> 4768.99 (41.30).
BSE Bank-> 4399.41 (104.61).
BSE Cap Goods-> 6995.23 (114.08).
BSE FMCG-> 1988.58 (16.24).
BSE Health-> 3148.32 (15.21).
BSE Metal-> 8595.09 (154.70).
BSE Midcap-> 4415.46 (11.60).
BSE Oil & Gas-> 5370.41 (54.06).
BSE PSU-> 4998.36 (49.85).
BSE Small Cap-> 5332.35 (16.97).
BSE TECk-> 2529.01 (28.97).

NSE Indices:
NIFTY-> 3156.40 (10.70 points).
CNX Midcap 100-> 3962.00 (20.55).

July 6, 2006.

SENSEX down by 1.39%.
BSE100 down by 1.19%.
BSE500 down by 1.01%.
BSEPSU down by 0.99%.
BSEMIDCAP down by 0.26%.
BSESMLCAP down by 0.32%.
BSEBANKEX down by 2.32%.

SENSEX:

Day's High: 10839.53.
Day's Low: 10703.00.

July 7, 2006. Another bad day for markets.

Sensex-> 10509.53 (258.44 points, 2.40%).
Nifty-> 3075.85 (80.55 points, 2.55%).

July 11, 2006.

SENSEX-> 10614.35 (69.95 points, 0.65%).
NIFTY-> 3116.15 (25.85 points, 0.82%).
BSEBANKEX-> 4319.89 (34.70 points, 0.80%).

BSEMIDCAP-> 4350.24 (8.80 points, 0.20%).
BSESMLCAP-> 5258.66 (23.63 points, 0.45%).
BSEHEALTH-> 3143.94 (32.28 points).
CNXMIDCAP100-> 3897.20 (2.15 points).

SENSEX:

Day's High: 10699.62.
Day's Low: 10566.71.

July 12, 2006. Bulls Back.

BSE Indices:
Sensex-> 10930.10 (315.80 points).
BSE Auto-> 4663.15 (43.95).
BSE Bank-> 4326.79 (6.90).
BSE Cap Goods-> 7108.00 (182.78).
BSE FMCG-> 1977.60 (37.03).
BSE Health-> 3156.90 (12.96).
BSE Metal-> 8479.54 (237.07).
BSE Midcap-> 4380.33 (30.09).
BSE Oil & Gas-> 5407.05 (148.89).
BSE PSU-> 4969.74 (14.70).
BSE Small Cap-> 5283.15 (24.49).
BSE TECk-> 2660.28 (127.65).

NSE Indices:
Nifty-> 3195.90 (79.75 points)
CNX Midcap 100-> 3920.70 (23.50)