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                      Sharekhan Post-Market Report dated August 26, 2008  
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                      |  Tuesday, August 26, 2008  |  
                      |            |                              |  |  |                                                |                                                                  |                                                                                    | Index                                Performance |                               |                                                                                                    | Index | Sensex | Nifty |                                   | Open | 14,338.27 | 4,335.20 |                                   | High | 14,495.27 | 4,345.05 |                                   | Low | 14,286.38 | 4,283.30 |                                   | Today's                                  Cls | 14,482.22 | 4,337.50 |                                   | Prev                                  Cls | 14,450.35 | 4,335.35 |                                   | Change | 31.87 | 2.15 |                                   | %                                  Change | 0.22 | 0.05 |  |  |                                                                                       |                                                                                    | Market                                Indicators |                               |                                                                                                    | Top Movers (Group                                  A) |                                   | Company | Price (Rs)
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 |                                   | Gainers |                                   | Bosch | 4,147.55 | 13.61 |                                   | Max India | 212.00 | 6.99 |                                   | Phoenix                                  Mills | 183.75 | 5.69 |                                   | Piramal                                  Healthcare | 338.85 | 4.25 |                                   | HDFC Bank | 1,255.45 | 3.92 |                                   | Losers  |                                   | Adani                                  Enterprises | 585.25 | -5.44 |                                   | Indiabulls Real                                  Estate | 286.30 | -5.25 |                                   | Essar                                  Shipping | 89.30 | -4.44 |                                   | Suzlon                                  Energy | 207.45 | -4.16 |                                   | Godrej                                  Industries | 167.50 | -3.51 |                                   |  |                                   | Market                                  Statistics |                                   | - | BSE | NSE |                                   | Advances | 1,199 | 527 |                                   | Declines | 1,389 | 655 |                                   | Unchanged | 104 | 50 |                                   | Volume(Nos) | 23.43cr | 36.95cr |  |  |  |  |                                                                  | Market                        Commentary |                         |  |                         | Eleventh hour                          comeback |                         | After trading negative for the major part of                          the day, the Sensex staged a strong comeback towards the                          fag end, finishing 32 points higher. |                         |                                                                                    | In line with the major                                Asian market indices (Nikkei down 0.78%, Hang Seng                                down 0.23% and Strait Times down 0.96%), the                                30-stock Sensex started the day with a negative                                note. |   |  |                         | The index                          was 112 points lower than its previous close (14, 450)                          at the opening bell. Trading substantially lower in the                          first half of the trading session, the index hit the                          lowest of the day164 points lower than the previous                          close. Around the mid of the trading day, the index did                          make an attempt to cross 14,450 (the previous close),                          but was soon pulled down. However, with less than hour                          to go for the closing bell, the index staged a smart                          recovery not only to breach the resistance of 14,450,                          but to end 32 points higher. The 50-stock Nifty of the                          NSE ended 2 points higher. The market breadth                          was slightly negative, as of the 2,692 stocks traded on                          the BSE, 45% stocks (1,389 stocks) declined, whereas 51%                          stocks (1,199 stocks) advanced; 104 stocks ended                          unchanged.  Of the 13 sectoral                          indices, BSE Bankex (1.73%) and BSE Auto (1.31%) led the                          pack of gaining indices. Metal, realty and oil & gas                          indices were down for the day, while the remaining eight                          indices posted gains of less than 1%.  Among the gainers in                          front-line stocks, HDFC Bank advanced by 3.92% at                          Rs1,255.45, Satyam Computer Services jumped 3.25% at                          Rs406.10, Wipro rose 2.14% at Rs428.65, BHEL added 1.96%                          at Rs1721.70, Mahindra & Mahindra gained 1.91% at                          Rs574.25 and Tata Consultancy Services was up by 1.77%                          at Rs832.35. Several blue chip counters witnessed                          selling pressure. Reliance Industries dropped 2.30% at                          Rs2,179.65, JP Associate declined 1.85% at Rs156.85,                          Tata Steel lost 1.37% at Rs577.55 and HDFC shed 0.83% at                          Rs2,343.80. On turnover front,                          Reliance Natural Resources led the drove witnessing a                          turnover of over 1.85 crore shares, followed by Pennar                          Industries (1.80 crore shares), Firstsource Solutions(87                          lakh shares), Marksans Pharma (72 lakh shares) and IFCI                          (72 lakh shares). 
 
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