Sensex ends up 206pts; ICICI Bank gains 4.4%

The index moved in a range of 220 points between 15,333 (low) and 15,553 (high) before finally settling with a gain of 206 points at 15,396.

The market breadth was positive - out of 2,724 stocks traded, 1,776 advanced, 872 declined and 76 were unchanged today.

The NSE Nifty ended with a gain of 55 points at 4,572.

INDEX MOVERS...

ICICI Bank surged 4.4% to Rs 799. Reliance Infrastructure gained nearly 4% at Rs 1,061.

Bharti Airtel and NTPC advanced 3.1% each to Rs 840 and Rs 166, respectively.

Cipla gained 2.6% at Rs 217, while HDFC Bank moved up 2.5% to Rs 1,151.

DLF surged 2.4% to Rs 491. Infosys and Hindustan Unilever inched 2.3% each to Rs 1,907 and Rs 232, respectively.

ITC was up around 2% at Rs 201. Wipro added 1.8% to Rs 486. HDFC and Satyam were up 1.6% each at Rs 2,168 and Rs 488, respectivel.

Larsen & Toubro, Tata Steel and Reliance were the other major gainers.

...AND THE SHAKERS

Hindalco plunged 2.3% to Rs 171. BHEL declined 2.1% at Rs 1,527.

Reliance Communications slipped 1.5% at Rs 535. SBI shed 0.6% to Rs 1,326. Maruti dropped 0.5% to Rs 718.

MOST ACTIVE COUNTERS

Anu Labs led the value chart with a turnover of Rs 400.44 crore followed by Chambal Fertilisers (Rs 242.77 crore), Reliance (Rs 195.40 crore), Reliance Capital (Rs 149.38 crore) and Reliance Petroleum (Rs 117.91 crore).

Chambal Fertilisers topped the volume chart with trades of around 2.58 crore shares followed by Nagarjuna Fertilisers (1.89 crore), Anu Labs (1.10 crore), IFCI (94 lakh) and Reliance Natural Resources (89 lakh).