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                      Sharekhan Post-Market Report dated August 20, 2008  
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                      |  Wednesday, August 20, 2008  |  
                      |              |                              |  |  |                                                |                                                                  |                                                                                    | Index                                Performance |                               |                                                                                                    | Index | Sensex | Nifty |                                   | Open | 14,610.57 | 4,365.45 |                                   | High | 14,746.20 | 4,434.90 |                                   | Low | 14,584.03 | 4,365.45 |                                   | Today's                                  Cls | 14,678.23 | 4,415.75 |                                   | Prev                                  Cls | 14,543.73 | 4,368.25 |                                   | Change | 134.50 | 47.50 |                                   | %                                  Change | 0.92 | 1.09 |  |  |                                                                                       |                                                                                    | Market                                Indicators |                               |                                                                                                    | Top Movers (Group                                  A) |                                   | Company | Price (Rs)
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 |                                   | Gainers |                                   | ABG                                  Shipyard | 398.25 | 6.88 |                                   | Engineers                                  India | 623.00 | 6.76 |                                   | India                                  Infoline | 146.50 | 6.39 |                                   | SAIL | 147.85 | 5.53 |                                   | RCF | 68.35 | 5.07 |                                   | Losers  |                                   | Indiabulls                                  Financial | 271.55 | -2.93 |                                   | ONGC | 1,035.85 | -2.52 |                                   | M&M | 549.55 | -2.08 |                                   | United                                  Spirits | 1,270.25 | -2.07 |                                   | Jai Corp | 341.95 | -1.81 |                                   |  |                                   | Market                                  Statistics |                                   | - | BSE | NSE |                                   | Advances | 1,666 | 829 |                                   | Declines | 969 | 357 |                                   | Unchanged | 83 | 46 |                                   | Volume(Nos) | 26.08cr | 43.78cr |  |  |  |  |                                                                  | Market                        Commentary |                         |  |                         | Bulls strike                          back |                         | After losing for five straight trading days,                          the Sensex rallies sharply on all-round buying support                          and ends a solid 135 points higher. |                         |                                                                                    | The Sensex, which saw a                                79-point loss on Monday and a 102-point loss on                                Tuesday, staged a strong comeback today. |   |  |                         | In                          perspective, the Sensex seems all set to buck the losing                          trend, today. The 30-stock index started the day 67                          points higher from yesterday's closing taking cue from                          buoyant Asian indices. On the back of strong buying in                          heavyweights, realty, capital goods and health care                          stocks, the index rallied to today's high of 14,746                          (around 222 points higher than yesterday's close) in                          afternoon. The index held the high ground and traded                          above 14,600 (about 70 points higher from yesterday's                          closing) for the major part of the day and finally ended                          at 14,678, up 135 points its yesterday's close. The                          50-stock Nifty of NSE advanced 48 points to close at                          4,416. 
 All 13 sectoral indices bar fast moving                          consumer good (FMCG; down 0.01%) index of the BSE ended                          the session with gains. Realty index (up 2.13%) led the                          list of sectoral indices that posted gains for the day,                          followed by power, metal, capital goods, and health care                          indices each of which ended around 2%                          higher.
 Among the gainers in                          heavyweights, Reliance Communications soared 4% at                          Rs415.80, Grasim Industries flared up 3.48% at                          Rs2,025.15, BHEL jumped 3.41% at Rs1,735.05, HDFC Bank                          scaled up 3.28% at Rs1,247, Bharti Airtel surged 2.96%                          at Rs815, Ranbaxy Laboratories added 2.71% at Rs505.65,                          DLF jumped 1.72% at Rs509 and Reliance Infrastructure                          gained 1.55% at Rs1,009.70. However, ONGC, Mahindra                          & Mahindra, and Satyam Computer services registered                          marginal losses for the day.
 The market breadth                          was extremely positive as around 61% stocks (1,662                          stocks) advanced, while around 35% stocks (970 stocks)                          declined on the BSE. Around 3% stocks (86 stocks) ended                          unchanged.
 
 On turnover front, over 1.89                          crore Reliance Natural Resources shares changed hands on                          the BSE followed by Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals                          (1.14 crore shares), Ispat Industries (0.96 crore                          shares), Vishal Information Technologies (0.91 Crore                          shares) and Nagarjuna Fertilisers & Chemicals (76                          lakh shares).
 
 In value terms, Vishal Information                          Technologies registered a turnover of Rs286 crore                          followed by Reliance Capital (Rs233 crore), Reliance                          Natural Resources (Rs187 crore), Reliance Industries                          (Rs168 crore), and SEL Manufacturing Company (Rs159                          crore).
 
 
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