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Markets close marginally after a volatile session today

September 24th, 2008

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 4:15:28 PM IST

Nifty closed the day at 4147.70 up 0.53% while BSE Sensex is up 76.25 points and closed at 13646.56 up 0.56%. Metal stocks are up; Consumer Durables and IT stocks closed down

NSE CNX 100 is up 0.53% while NSE CNX 500 is up 0.49%. CNX IT is down 2.16% and Bank Nifty is up 1.03%

Nifty topper of the day is Sterlite Industries. The script is up 8.18% after the management has come up and said that they are calling off the recently announced restructuring plans. Sterlite Industries last traded at 486.15 today.

Other Nifty gainers of the day include NALCO, HDFC Bank, Tata Steel, Reliance Infra, Bharti Airtel, Ambuja Cements, BHEL, Siemens and Grasim.

Nifty losers list includes Wipro, Unitech, IDEA, TCS, Tata Motors, Infosys, HDFC, NTPC, GAIL and Reliance Petroleum.

BSE Midcap and Smallcap index are up marginally 0.18% and 0.15%. Sectoral losers on the BSE today include IT, Consumer Durables, Teck, Realty and Auto while the gainers are Metal, Bankex, Power, Capital Goods amongst others.

1 U.S. dollar = 45.5601 Indian Rupees
1 U.S. dollar = 105.9546 Japanese Yens
1 U.S. dollar = 0.6829 Euros
1 Ounce Gold = $887.90
1 Barrel Crude Oil = $108.58

Entry Filed under: Equity Markets, Closing Bell