Following the serial bomb blasts in Mumbai yesterday, the Sensex opened marginally (nine points) lower at 10,605. However, better-than-expected Q1 Infosys numbers and robust Q2 guidance negated most of the negative sentiment before the opening bell.
Early nervousness saw the index slip to a low of 10,550. However, buying emerged at these levels and the index rebounded into the positive zone.
Unabated buying in technology and select index heavyweights saw the index surge to higher levels in the latter half of the day. The index touched a high of 10,939 - up 389 points from the day's low. The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 3% (316 points) at 10,930.
The BSE Teck index zoomed 5% to 2660. The Metal and Oil & Gas indices gained nearly 3% each at 8480 and 5407, respectively.
The market breadth turned slightly positive towards the end - out of 2,419 stocks traded, 1,253 advanced, 1,094 declined and 72 were unchanged today.
INDEX MOVERS & SHAKERS
Infosys surged 7.5% (Rs 236) to Rs 3,386. TCS soared 7% to Rs 1,893. Satyam and Wipro advanced over 4% each to Rs 751 and Rs 516, respectively.
Hindalco rallied 7% to Rs 180. Reliance Communications zoomed 6.5% to Rs 268.
Reliance gained 4.8% (Rs 50) to Rs 1,098. Larsen & Toubro added 4.2% to Rs 2,261.
Maruti, ITC and Gujarat Ambuja were up over 3% each at Rs 813, Rs 181 and Rs 109, respectively. BHEL was up 2.6% at Rs 1,986.
Grasim and ACC moved up over 2% each to Rs 1,997 and Rs 836, respectively.
Reliance Energy and Ranbaxy were down 1% each at Rs 449 and Rs 347, respectively.
VALUE & VOLUME TOPPERS
Infosys topped the value chart with a turnover of Rs 442.22 crore followed by Reliance (Rs 358.50 crore), Satyam (Rs 146 crore), Tata Steel (Rs 118.25 crore) and Reliance Capital (Rs 106 crore).
SAIL led the volume chart with trades of around 47.42 lakh shares followed by Reliance (33.31 lakh), Reliance Communications (28.36 lakh), India Cements (27.40 lakh) and Gujarat Ambuja (27 lakh).
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