Closing Note: Market remains dull with flat closing
Monday, January 19, 2009 4:00 pmSensex benchmark closed stable at 9,329 and the Nifty index ended stable at 2,846.
As far as the sensex Sector indices are concerned, BSE Bankex index was the chief loser, the index declined 1.2%. BSE Auto index (down 1%), BSE IT index (down 0.7%) and BSE Pharma index (down 0.7%) were other losers.
BSE Metal index (up 1.6%), BSE Realty index (up 1.3%), BSE Oil & Gas index (up 1%) and BSE Capital Goods index (up 0.8%) were among the gainers.
BSE Mid-cap index achieved 0.5% and BSE Small-Cap index got 1.2%.
Market pulse was almost stable, 1,351 stocks got forward against 1,025 dips, whereas 96 stocks remained unmoved.
Among the 30-components of Sensex, 14 stocks closed on the higher side and only 16 stocks closed on the lower side. Among the chief gainers in Sensex were Bharti, Reliance Industries, ONGC, Sterlite and L&T.
SBI, HDFC, ICICI Bank and ITC were among the chief losers.