Market: Indices

24 August 2007

Metal, auto, capital goods and oil & gas stocks were the outperformers. However, selling pressure is seen in select IT, realty and pharma stocks.

BHEL, Tata Motors, Reliance Energy were among the top gainers on Sensex.

JSW Steel, Arvind Mills, SEL Manufacturing, Ashok Leyland were the midcap gainers.

Top losers on the indices were Dr Reddy's, Suzlon, HCL Tech, VSNL and HDFC.

Sensex was up 260.89 points or 1.84% at 14424.87, and the Nifty up 75.20 points or 1.83% at 4190.15.

About 1704 shares have advanced, 1251 shares declined, and 56 shares are unchanged.