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Market@May 4: Day's report

Thanks to the finance minister's positive announcements for the infotech and pharmaceutical sectors, the market opened strong and gained further ground. There was strong buying in software and pharma counters. The positive sentiment also helped other stocks with pivotals showing smart gains.

Sensex up 219 points at 4554. Nifty up 64 points at 1380.

Satyam Computer, Himachal, Reliance, Infosys, and Zee Tele topped the volume charts accounting for 53 per cent of the total trading volume on the BSE.

BSE Sensex

• Open: 4384
• High: 4568.54
• Low: 4335
• Close: 4554.39

S&P CNX Nifty

• Open: 1317.95
• High: 1385.15
• Low: 1317.95
• Close: 1380.20

• BSE advances: 971
• BSE declines: 531
• BSE unchanged: 130
• BSE volumes: Rs 2435 crore
• NSE volumes: Rs 3052 crore

Gainers: Between 7.9 per cent and 12 per cent
Satyam, Zee, Himachal, Silverline, Global Tele, Rolta, DSQ Soft, Digital Equipment, HCL Info, Padmini Poly, HPCL, SSI, VSNL, Shyam Tele, McDowell, Moser Baer, SQL Star, LCC Info, German Remedies, Nath Seeds, Mirc Electronics, Jain Studios, Alok Textiles.

Gainers: Between 5 per cent and 7.9 per cent
Infosys, Sterlite, Tata Elxsi, BPL, Hughes Software, Aptech, Sibar Software, Valiant Communication, Sri Adhikari, Knoll Pharma, Britannia, Filmcity Media, GV Films, ITI, Ram Informatics.

Losers: Between 12 per cent and 7.9 per cent
Nalco, Kalpataru Power, AgrEvo, Advent Computers, Asian Hotels.

Losers: Between 7.9 per cent and 5 per cent
Guj Amb Cement, ICICI Bank, Octagon Tech, Invest Trust, Toubro Ind, DSJ Com, Autolite, Syncom Formulations, Khandwala Securities.

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