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Indian stock market daily closing report (March 12, 2010)

Contributed by Nirmal Bang

By Nirmal Bang

Markets remained range bound throughout the day and ended flat. Sensex heavyweight Hindustan Unilever lost 4.02% . The Sensex closed at 17,167 down 1 points making high of 17,245 and low of 17,127 and Nifty shut at 5,137 up 4 points making high of 5,158 and low of 5,122. However Nifty March future ended at 11.1 points premium. The breadth remained week and the markets reported low total turnover of Rs 81,256 cr.

Among the Realty, Hdil was down 1.35%, Dlf was down .83% and Unitech was down by .27%.

In Banking stocks, HDFC Bank down 1.48%, ICICI Bank up .59%, , SBI Bank up .1% and Kotak Bank down by .25%.

Auto stocks saw some buying, M&M up 1.14%, T Herohonda up .4%, Bajaj Auto up .82% and Tata motors down by 1.22%.

In the metal space, Hindalco down up 3.25%, Sterlite up by .88%, SAIL down by .49% and Jindal St Power was flat.

Among the oil & gas space, Reliance Ind was up by .46% Ongc was flat and Gail was up by .07%.

Among the Sensex gainers, Hindalco up by 3.25%, Bharti Airtel up by 1.77%, Tata power up by 1.75% and ITC up by 1.21%.

While the losers were Sun Pharma down by 2.10%, Rcom down by 2.05%, Bhel down by 1.70% and Hdfc Bank down by 1.48%.