Pivotal prices increased marginally on buying support from foreign institutional investors and bull operators in the National Stock Exchange (NSE) yesterday. The NSE-50 fluctuated between 965.50 and 982.25 points, before closing at 980.70 points as against its previous close of 980.35 points, showing a gain of 0.35 points. The mid-cap index closed at 1120.19 points over the last trading days close of 1113.10 points, gaining 7.09 points.
The net traded value was Rs 1218.08 crore, involving 580.2 lakh shares. The highest volume was witnessed at ITC Ltd (Rs 405.51 crore), followed by SBI(Rs 224.79 crore), Reliance Industries (Rs 131.79 crore), Tisco (Rs 130.34 crore) counters.
A good transaction was observed at other counters like MTNL (Rs 67.95 crore), ACC (Rs 42.49 crore), L&T (Rs 39.78 crore), Bajaj Auto (Rs 39.12 crore), Telco (Rs 28.57 crore), BSES (Rs 22.22 crore), Gujarat Ambuja Cement (Rs 8.52 crore), Glaxo India (Rs 2.86 crore), Hindustan Lever (Rs 2.66 crore), IPCL (Rs 2.46 crore), Tata Power (Rs 2.2 crore), Oriental Bank (Rs 2.19 crore), ICICI (Rs 2.15 crore), Tata Tea (Rs 1.97 crore). Top five gainers were Sharat Sea Foods, Gujarat Raffia Industries, Northland Sugar, Paras Petrofils Ltd, ETP Corporation, while, losers were SRG Infotech, Arihant Threads, Madras Motor Fin, Denmur Fax Roll, Vibrant Investments and properties.
Share prices at the over the counter (OTC) exchange of India yesterday improved marginally on renewed buying support from financial institutions and general investors. The OTC composite index closed at 96.53 points as compared to previous close of 95.80 points, increasing 0.73 points. The total turnover was Rs 66.68 lakh, involving 90,320 shares and debentures. Major contribution was from the listed debentures segment contributing Rs 53.65 lakh.
