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Nifty up by 10.8 points

Share prices improved further on the first day of the current settlement cycle at the National Stock Exchange following continued buying from support local institutions and bull operators today.

The NSE-50 index closed at 1013.15 points showing a net gain of 10.80 points as against its previous close of 1002.35 points. The Dollar NSE-50 index finished at 890.95 points over the last trading day's close of 881.70 points gaining 9.25 points.

The Midcap index settled down at 1138.00 points as compared to yesterday's close of 1113.90 points, increasing 24.10 points. The total turnover on the exchange was Rs 12.34 billion involving 39.3 million shares.

Hectic trading was witnessed at ITC (Rs 6.1 billion), Tata Tea (Rs 1.4 billion), SBI-N (Rs 885.1 million), RIL (Rs 832.8 million), Castrol (Rs 591.7 million), ACC (Rs 277.7 million), MTNL (Rs 227.9 million), Bajaj Auto (Rs 224.9 million), TELCO (Rs 166 million), Colgate (Rs 164.1 million), P&G (Rs 151.2 million), BHEL (Rs 136.9 million), TISCO (Rs 131.5 million), Hind Lever (Rs 128.4 million), L&T (Rs 70.5 million), Infosys Tech (Rs 64.5 million), ICICI (Rs 39.9 million), Smith Kline Bechem (Rs 38 million), BSES (Rs 33.2 million), Corp Bank (Rs 27.4 million), Satyam Comp (Rs 24.7 million), ABB (Rs 19.1 million), LML (Rs 18.9 million), Reck Colman (Rs 18.1 million) and M&M (Rs 17.1 million) counters.

Top gainers were ITC, ICICI, GE Shipping, HPCL, BSES and losers were Ashok Ley, MTNL, TVS Suzuki, TELCO and IndoGulf Fert.

UNI