Sensex crosses historic 13,000-mark

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Nilesh Nagdev
The markets continue to trade at the higher level on sustained buying interest in scrips across sectors. At 12:50 pm, the Sensex is up 98.35 points or 0.76% at 13005.16, and the Nifty up 17.85 points or 0.48% at 3757.2.


Sensex took 135 days to move from 12,000 to 13,000. It took 123 days for the Sensex to move from 12,500 to 13,000. 2006 is the first Instance of Sensex hitting 4 milestones of 1,000 points; i.e Sensex hit 10000, 11000, 12000 & 13000 in 2006. In 2005, Sensex hit 3 such milestones.


About 1149 shares have advanced, 1158 shares declined, and 80 shares are unchanged.



Top gainers on the Sensex are Dr Reddys Labs, Reliance Comm, HPCL, M&M and Bharti Airtel.



Top losers on the Sensex are Wipro, Satyam, BHEL, HDFC and MTNL.
Index heavyweight Hindustan Lever was trading at Rs 228.50 up 0.95% from its previous close of Rs 226.35.





Index heavyweight Reliance was trading at Rs 1,233.20 up 0.85% from its previous close of Rs 1,222.85.



Tech major Infosys was trading at Rs 2,116.90 up 0.93% from its previous close of Rs 2,097.45.



Cigarette major ITC was trading at Rs 188.90 up 0.59% from its previous close of Rs 187.80.



Refinery major HPCL was trading at Rs 317.95 up 3.43% from its previous close of Rs 307.40.





Sensex @ 1201 hrs:
The Sensex hit a new all timetigh breaching the 13,000 level on the back of strong buying seen in index pivotals.



Sensex hit four milestones of 1000 points during 2006; i.e; 10,000, 11,000, 12,000 and 13,000.



At 12.01 pm IST, the Sensex is up 90.81 points or 0.70% at 12997.62, and the Nifty up 19.60 points or 0.52% at 3758.95.



About 1223 shares have advanced, 1030 shares declined, and 59 shares are unchanged.



Top gainers on the Sensex are Dr Reddys Labs up 3.24%, L&T up 2.59% and Reliance Comm up 2.31%.



Top gainers on the Nifty M&M up 3.57% and HPCL up 3.56%
Top losers on the Sensex are Wipro, Satyam, BHEL, MTNL and BHEL.
Index heavyweight Hindustan Lever was trading at Rs 229.20 up 1.26% from its previous close of Rs 226.35.



Index heavyweight Reliance was trading at Rs 1,234.25 up 0.93% from its previous close of Rs 1,222.85.



Tech major Infosys was trading at Rs 2,102.00 up 0.22% from its previous close of Rs 2,097.45.



Cigarette major ITC was trading at Rs 188.25 up 0.24% from its previous close of Rs 187.80.



Refinery major HPCL was trading at Rs 318.55 up 3.63% from its previous close of Rs 307.40.



Sensex @ 1158 hrs:
The 30-share sensitive index of the Bombay Stock Exchange -- the Sensex -- crossed the historic 13,000-mark on Monday during intra-day trading. The Sensex was trading at 13,008 points, up 102 points from its previous close.
The NSE Nifty was up 19 points at 3758.



Sensex @ 1130 hrs:
The markets have shown smart recovery and are showing strength as compared to its Asian peers. At 10:55 am IST, the Sensex is up 52.56 points or 0.41% at 12959.37, and the Nifty up 8.20 points or 0.22% at 3747.55.
About 1108 shares have advanced, 754 shares declined, and 55 shares are unchanged.



Top gainers on the Sensex are Dr Reddys Labs up 4.50%, Bharti Airtel up 2.50% and Reliance Comm up 1.96%.



Top gainers on the Nifty are Dr Reddys Labs up 4.41%, HPCL up 3.46% and Bharti Airtel up 2.39%.



Top losers on the Sensex are BHEL down 1.73%, Satyam down 1.68% and SBI down 1.48%.



Top losers on the Nifty are HDFC down 1.95%, SBI down 1.66% and Satyam down 1.59%.



Index heavyweight Hindustan Lever was trading at Rs 229.30 up 1.3% from its previous close of Rs 226.35.



Index heavyweight Reliance was trading at Rs 1,233.50 up 0.87% from its previous close of Rs 1,222.85.



Tech major Infosys was trading at Rs 2,086.00 down 0.55% from its previous close of Rs 2,097.45.



Cigarette major ITC was trading at Rs 188.00 up 0.11% from its previous close of Rs 187.80.



Refinery major HPCL was trading at Rs 318.05 up 3.46% from its previous close of Rs 307.40.





Sensex @ 0958 hrs:
The markets opened weak on the back of negative Asian cues. At 9:58 am, the Sensex was trading at 12844 down 61 points and the Nifty was trading at 3728 down 11 points.


Top losers on the indices were Suzlon Energy and SBI
Asian stocks were trading lower, Japan's Nikkei fell 1.35%, South Korea's Seoul Composite was down 0.92%, Singapore's Straits Times plunged 1.06%, Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted tumbled 1.24% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng was down 0.31%.


Market cues:
FIIs net buy USD 107 million in equity on October 26
NSE F&O Open Interest up by Rs 3,596 crore (Rs 35.96 billion) at Rs 36,129 crore (Rs 361.29 billion)


Highest ever single day Open Interest build-up
F&O cues:
Futures Open Interest up by Rs 2,103 crore (Rs 21.03 billion); Options Open Interest up by Rs 1493 crore (Rs 14.93 billion)
Nifty Futures add 17.5 lakh shares in Open Interest
Nifty Futures at 9-point premium
Nifty Open Interest Put-Call ratio down a tad to 1.45 from 1.46
Nifty Calls add 12 lakh shares in Open Interest; Puts add 17 lakh shares
Nifty 3700 Put adds 7.6 lakh shares in Open Interest
Nifty 3800 Call adds 5 lakh shares in Open Interest
Nifty 3700 Call adds 3.7 lakh shares in Open Interest
Nifty 3750 Put adds 2 lakh shares in Open Interest



Source : Rediff

 
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