The Indian market opened marginally lower but soon ventured into the
positive terrain within a few minutes of trade. US markets ended in red led
by weakness in technology and financial stocks. Asian markets ended
mixed. Back home, the market slipped in the mid-morning trade and
extended losses in early afternoon trade due to selling witnessed in some
frontline stocks. The market pared some losses in the afternoon trade
even as European markets, which opened after Indian markets, started on
a weak note, as investors remained cautious ahead of Bank of England’s
rate decision. Weak global cues and wariness ahead of IIP and inflation
data and Infosys Technologies' quarterly results saw the benchmark index
Nifty recording marginal gains against a slight negative closing for Sensex
at the end of the session.
 All the BSE sectoral indices except BSE Metal index and BSE PSU
index ended in red. BSE metal index ended in green led by Hindalco
and NALCO as they rallied tracking London Metal Exchange aluminium
futures which surged to a record high of $3,350 a tonne..
 The market breadth was positive- out of 2,697 stocks traded on BSE,
1,453 advanced, 1,171 declined and 73 were unchanged.
 Sensex ended at 13,926.24 down 0.27% or 38.02 points and
the Nifty was up 5.10 points or 0.12% at 4,162.20.
 The BSE Mid-Cap index gained 0.08% to close at 5,475.20 and BSE
Small-Cap index gained 0.29% to close at 6,809.24.
 The Bank of England held interest rates steady at 5%.
 UPCOMING RESULTS - Edelweiss Capital, Infosys Technologies and
Orbit Corporation among others.