The Sensex opened on a subdued note at 17,604 and moved up to a high of 17,658 in morning deals. Profit-booking saw the index drop to a low of 17,509 - an intra-day swing of nearly 150 points. The Sensex finally closed with a loss of 75 points (0.43%) at 17,540. The Nifty was down 18 points at 5,245. While the Sensex closed the week with a gain of 0.5%, the Nifty was up 0.9%.
The BSE Realty index gained over 3%. The BSE IT index was down over 2%. Breadth was bullish - out of over 2,960 scrips traded, over 1,710 logged gains.
Infosys, which dropped over 2% yesterday, declined over 2% to Rs 2,464. Infosys reports its Q3 results on Tuesday. TCS was down 2% at Rs 700. Wipro declined over 1% to Rs 669.
HDFC, RCom, Maruti, ICICI Bank, Reliance and Bharti also declined.
DLF moved up over 4% to Rs 390. Grasim, Sun, NTPC, BHEL and L&T also closed with gains.
Total market turnover (BSE+NSE) was over Rs 72,000 crore. Satyam was the most active counter on the BSE with a turnover of Rs 207 crore followed by Aban (Rs 150 crore) and Bombay Dyeing (Rs 148 crore).
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