Markets: The End Wrap

Our bourses made a strong come back in the last hour of trade to end the day on a higher note. The
Sensex and the Nifty closed above their psychological marks of 15000 and 4500 respectively. The rally
was supported by good buying interest in blue-chip stocks.

The Sensex went up by about 228.51 points to settle at 15240.83 and the Nifty rose 75.35 points and
climbed to 4528.80. The benchmark indices had each gained more than 1.5%.

Realty, IT, auto and oil & gas stocks were seen leading the rally. The BSE realty index was up by 3.5%
while the BSE auto index rose 2.3%. Heavy weights like ICICI Bank (3.64%), Bharti Airtel (2.86%),
Infosys (1.79%) and Reliance (1.61%), contributed to the rally.

OLM Picks

Stock Price (in Rs.) Change

Aventis Pharma 1323.35 0.15%
Axis Bank 879.40 4.31%
Bank of Baroda 430.20 1.16%
Corporation Bank 379.50 1.95%
Cummins India 312.20 0.32%
Hindustan Dorr-Oliver 135.50 1.73%
Honeywell Automation (India) 1646 1.22%
ITC 228.90 1.60%
Opto Circuits (India) 182.05 4.39%
Rolta India 163.10 1.97%

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