Thursday, December 06, 2007

Market ends in green in choppy trade

The market failed to sustain at higher level as index heavyweight Reliance Industries slipped.Nifty opened with abig bang crossed the 6000 mark but failed to susatin its position at the higher levels and slipped in red. However, it managed to claw back in green towards the close.

The 30-share BSE Sensex rose 57.80 points or 0.29% to 19,795.87.The broader S&P CNX Nifty rose 14.70 points or 0.25% to 5954.70.

Reliance Industries fell 0.97% to Rs 2874.55, off day’s high of Rs 2955.The company and Kuwait Petroleum (KPC), the national oil major of Kuwait, have reportedly begun the first round of discussions for scripting a mega joint collaboration across the oil and gas vertical. KPC is keen to rope in RIL as a partner in its upcoming projects in Kuwait in both refining and petrochemicals.

The BSE Realty index was up 3.59% to 11,347.36. It outperformed the Sensex. Sobha Developers gained 2.12% to Rs 909.15, DLF rose 1.71% to Rs 971.25 and Indiabulls Real Estate jumped 0.93% to Rs 666.25

Real estate developer Omaxe soared 12.20% to Rs 482.05. Omaxe today said a consortium comprising the company, GVK Power & Infrastructure and Nagarjuna Construction Company has put in a bid for development of 8-lane access controlled expressway project in Uttar Pradesh (UP). The Rs 30,000 crore project named Ganga Expressway Project would be constructed on the banks of river Ganga to connect eastern and western UP.

India’s second largest realty firm by market capitalization Unitech soared 9.82% to Rs 431.15 on reports it may hive off its retail business i.e. the mall development business as a separate company.

India’s largest private sector bank by assets ICICI Bank rose 3.24% to Rs 1199.30.Centurion Bank of Punjab jumped 7.73% to Rs 48.80, Canara Bank soared 3.25% to Rs 300, Oriental Bank of Commerce gained 0.99% to Rs 270.55 and State Bank of India rose 0.55% to Rs 2396.60.

Videocon Industries slumped 6.73% to Rs 572, Gitanjali Gems fell 2.15% to Rs 446.10, Titan Industries declined 1.55% to Rs 1565.40, and Blue Star shed 1.16% to Rs 469.05.

India’s second largest software exporter Infosys Technologies gained 1.97% to Rs 1634.90.Patni Computers gained 1% to Rs 328.95, and TCS rose 0.25% to Rs 1034.20. However, Wipro fell 1.12% to Rs 493.40 and Satyam Computers declined 0.44% to Rs 436.80.

Reliance Energy jumped 3.13% to Rs 1946.60, Gujarat Industries Power gained 1.67% to Rs 112.30, and NTPC rose 0.35% to Rs 245. Tata Power was steady at Rs 1311.05.Power generation and supply firm GVK Power & Infrastructure surged 6.17% to Rs 840.90 after its board approved a 10-for-1 stock split.

Direct-to-home broadcast service provider Dish TV declined 0.32% to Rs 93.95, off day’s high of Rs 102.10 after the company said after market hours on Wednesday (5 December 2007) that Kishore Biyani’s Indivision Capital, the private equity arm of Future Capital, would buy 4.9% in in the company for Rs 250 crore.

Maharashtra Seamless (MSL), the flagship company of DP Jindal Group, rose 0.31% to Rs 581.70 after the company said it is acquiring a seamless pipes plant in Romania having a capacity of 2 lakh tonnes per annum.

Drug maker Glenmark Pharmaceuticals jumped 3.98% to Rs 503.80. The company reportedly plans to acquire a distribution and marketing company in Indonesia, in a bid to increase its foothold in Asia’s emerging markets.

Steel maker JSW Steel rose 3.31% to Rs 1166.85 after the company said on Wednesday, 5 December 2007, its crude steel production rose 16% in November 2007 over November 2006.

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