After opening with a positive gap of 92 points at 8,956, the Sensex firmed up and rallied to a high of 9,077. The index is now up 168 points at 9,032.
- Sensex firm, up 168pts; breadth extremely +ve
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- IMF sees India's growth slowdown to 6.25% in FY09
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- Bank stocks surge over 3%; ICICI Bank leads
- Rupee rises 15 paise against $
- Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland clash over JV
- PW names 2 more auditors in Satyam scam
- Telenor-Unitech deal closes 11% below original agreement
- Hospital chains eye robust growth
- Nano's big impact: Used car sales fall
- PF office drags ICICI Venture in Subhiksha dues case
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- Saving Satyam: Govt gets into action
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The BSE Metal index has surged over 4% to 5,174. The Bankex and Realty index has rallied over 3% each to 4,135 and 1,522, respectively.
Jaiprakash Associates has zoomed 9% to Rs 81. Sterlite has soared nearly 6% to Rs 310.
Reliance Infrastructure and Tata Steel have rallied around 5% each to Rs 487 and Rs 176, respectively.
Tata Motors, Reliance Communications and ICICI Bank have surged around 4% each to Rs 179, Rs 164 and Rs 337, respectively.
Hindalco and HDFC Bank have added nearly 3% each to Rs 45 and Rs 836, respectively.
Mahindra & Mahindra, however, has shed 2.5% at Rs 368. Bharti Airtel has dropped 2% to Rs 560.
The market breadth is extremely positive - out of 2,028 stocks traded so far, 1,403 have advanced, 562 have declined and the rest are unchanged.
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