SENSEX | NIFTY ends down as investors play cautiously

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A very good evening to visitors of livebombaystockexchange. Here are the end of the day analysis and report card of Indian stock markets. The benchmark indian indices like the large-cap SENSEX and National Stock Exchange's NIFTY closed lower today. The indices failed to attain crucial resistance levels as investors became cautious ahead of RBI raising interest rates by 25 basis points for taming inflation.

At SENSEX out of total 30 components 27 ended in red and mere 3 gained today.
National Stock Exchange's broader index Nifty ended at 5567.05, down 46.50 points it touched a high of 5645.40 in day trade today.


The Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex closed at 18502.38, down by 151.49 points. The index touched intraday low of 18473.90 in day trading today.

Company wise closing prices of SENSEX today is as follows:

Company Name	Industry	Last Price	Change	%Chg	Mkt Cap(Rs cr)	Weight
Bajaj Auto	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,425.10	-8.40	-0.59	41,237.69	1.47
Bharti Airtel	Telecommunications - Service	395.25	-2.55	-0.64	150,097.38	5.36
BHEL	Engineering - Heavy	1,952.75	-25.30	-1.28	95,591.02	3.41
Cipla	Pharmaceuticals	317.10	-1.90	-0.60	25,460.64	0.91
DLF	Construction & Contracting - Real Estate	243.75	3.90	1.63	41,378.31	1.48
HDFC	Finance - Housing	695.45	-7.25	-1.03	102,226.33	3.65
HDFC Bank	Banks - Private Sector	502.85	-7.95	-1.56	117,357.93	4.19
Hero Honda	Auto - 2 & 3 Wheelers	1,761.15	-34.20	-1.90	35,167.96	1.26
Hindalco	Aluminium	179.35	-5.00	-2.71	34,335.11	1.23
HUL	Personal Care	331.10	0.10	0.03	71,540.23	2.55
ICICI Bank	Banks - Private Sector	1,044.40	-16.45	-1.55	120,328.40	4.29
Infosys	Computers - Software	2,751.65	-1.70	-0.06	157,996.36	5.64
ITC	Cigarettes	205.75	1.90	0.93	159,212.32	5.68
Jaiprakash Asso	Construction & Contracting - Civil	75.70	-1.95	-2.51	16,097.10	0.57
Jindal Steel	Steel - Sponge Iron	628.45	-1.65	-0.26	58,729.26	2.10
Larsen	Engineering - Heavy	1,798.40	-12.30	-0.68	109,307.65	3.90
Mah and Mah	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	704.60	-11.35	-1.59	43,260.67	1.54
Maruti Suzuki	Auto - Cars & Jeeps	1,162.05	-0.85	-0.07	33,572.79	1.20
NTPC	Power - Generation/Distribution	185.10	-3.45	-1.83	152,623.55	5.45
ONGC	Oil Drilling And Exploration	275.00	-1.75	-0.63	235,275.98	8.40
Reliance	Refineries	875.30	-3.85	-0.44	286,556.73	10.23
Reliance Comm	Telecommunications - Service	94.45	-0.75	-0.79	19,494.73	0.70
Reliance Infra	Power - Generation/Distribution	571.70	-5.85	-1.01	15,288.42	0.55
SBI	Banks - Public Sector	2,472.30	-39.30	-1.56	156,990.80	5.60
Sterlite Ind	Metals - Non Ferrous	166.35	-0.15	-0.09	55,913.69	2.00
Tata Motors	Auto - LCVs/HCVs	968.70	-15.25	-1.55	61,774.97	2.20
Tata Power	Power - Generation/Distribution	1,288.85	-26.05	-1.98	30,585.34	1.09
Tata Steel	Steel - Large	575.40	-1.15	-0.20	55,193.20	1.97
TCS	Computers - Software	1,132.00	-7.35	-0.65	221,557.42	7.91
Wipro	Computers - Software	398.60	-16.40	-3.95	97,832.75	3.49

Most of the sectoral indices of Bombay Stock Exchange also followed SENSEX and closed down today, details are as follows:

Symbol	Name	Last Trade	Change
BSE-AUTO.BO	AUTO INDEX	8,735.33	126.26 (1.42%)
BSE-BANK.BO	BANKEX	12,763.34	172.97 (1.34%)
BSE-100.BO	BSE - 100	9,698.17	91.82 (0.94%)
BSE-200.BO	BSE - 200	2,297.34	22.25 (0.96%)
BSE-500.BO	BSE - 500	7,233.40	67.56 (0.93%)
BSE-CD.BO	BSE - CONS. DURABLES	6,964.46	68.61 (0.98%)
BSE-FMCG.BO	BSE - FMCG	4,082.69	9.78 (0.24%)
BSE-HC.BO	BSE - HEALTHCARE	6,392.84	111.47 (1.71%)
BSE-IT.BO	BSE - INFOTECH	5,833.79	43.46 (0.74%)
BSE-MIDCAP.BO	BSE Mid-Cap	6,988.77	62.02 (0.88%)
^BSESN	BSE SENSEX	18,502.38	151.49 (0.81%)
BSE-SMLCAP.BO	BSE Small-Cap	8,432.34	30.58 (0.36%)
BSE-TECK.BO	BSE TECk INDEX	3,561.95	28.77 (0.80%)
BSE-METAL.BO	METAL INDEX	14,678.47	133.40 (0.90%)
BSE-OILGAS.BO	OIL & GAS INDEX	9,129.61	43.56 (0.47%)