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Sensex drops 21 points at close

May 25, 2004 17:15 IST

The Sensex on Tuesday opened 6 points lower at 5,117. It touched an intra-day low of 4,976 in mid-morning deals following broad-based selling.

The index recovered later, touching an intra-day high of 5,144 towards the closing hours.

However, the Sensex finally closed with a loss of 21 points at 5,102. The Nifty ended 2 points lower at 1,607.

Reliance ended the day with a modest gain of Rs 2 at Rs 456. HLL added 2.5% (Rs 3) to Rs 142. ITC gained marginally to end at Rs 924.

Both Infosys and Wipro were up nearly a percent each at Rs 5,359 and Rs 1,620, respectively. Satyam was down nearly 2% (Rs 6) to Rs

HPCL dropped 4% (Rs 14) to Rs 320. ONGC zoomed 3.25% (Rs 23) to Rs 732.

SBI was down a rupee at Rs 539. MTNL was down a tad at Rs 124.50. BHEL dropped 1.5% (Rs 7) to close at Rs 458.

Gujarat Ambuja added 1.5% (Rs 4.50) to Rs 310. Grasim was up marginally at Rs 1,105.50. ACC was down a tad at Rs 261.

Cipla was down 1.5% (Rs 4) at Rs 251. Dr.Reddy's was up half a percent at Rs 875. Ranbaxy was down nearly a percent at Rs 1,010.

Reliance Energy dropped 5% (Rs 27) to Rs 553.

Bharti Tele-Ventures was down nearly 3% (Rs 4) at Rs 150.

HDFC dropped 3% to Rs 566 while HDFC Bank was up a tad at Rs 370.

Hero Honda was up a percent at Rs 481. Bajaj Auto added half a percent to Rs 880. Maruti dropped 4% (Rs 19) to close at Rs 455.

Hindalco dropped a percent to close at Rs 962. ICICI Bank was down 3.3% (Rs 9) at Rs 258.


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