Market@August 4: Day's report

Most software stocks were remained extremely bearish throughout the day with many of them losing over 8 per cent. Satyam, Global Tele, DSQ Soft and SSI lost the most.

While software remained bearish, Hindustan Lever hit the upper circuit of 8 per cent and provided a major help to the Sensex.

Sterlite attracted an all-time high volume of 4.1 million shares. Trading volumes on both exchanges remained high.

Sensex was down 21 points at 4186. Nifty lost 7 points at 1314.

Sensex

• Open: 4241.23
• High: 4266.21
• Low: 4155.45
• Close: 4186.50

S&P CNX Nifty

• Open: 1322.25
• High: 1333.15
• Low: 1302.65
• Close: 1313.60

• BSE advances: 481
• BSE declines: 1002
• BSE unchanged: 153
• BSE volumes: Rs 3949 crore
• NSE volumes: Rs 5257 crore

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

Gainers: Between 7.9 per cent and 16 per cent
Guj Gas, Twinstar Soft, Vital Com, Magan Ind, Sarvodaya Lab.

Gainers: Between 5 per cent to 7.9 per cent
HLL, Bombay Dyeing, Mirc Electronics, Top Cassettes, Asian Paints, Veronica Lab, Tata Hydro, MP Tele, Sulzer.

Losers: Between 7.9 per cent to 16 per cent
Satyam, Zee Tele, Global Tele, Himachal, Wipro, Silverline, DSQ Soft, SSI, Digital Equipment, HCL Info, Aptech, Shyam Tele, Hinduja Finance.

Losers: Between 5 per cent to 7.9 per cent
Pentamedia, Reliance Capital, BPL, VSNL, Tata Elxsi, IPCL, Century, McDowell, Ashok Leyland, Vikas WSP, GV Films.

Money

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