After touching an intraday high of 15,683.03 and low of 15,524.68, the BSE Sensex finally settled at 15,565.55 after making a gain of 15.42 points, whereas the broad-based NSE Nifty ended at 4,566.05, up 3.95 points.

Today, fertiliser scrips commanded the gainer

Today, the 30-share BSE Sensex opened its eyes at 15,625.63. In early trades, it was trading on a sturdy note supported by strong buying interest in index heavyweights. It also touched a record high of 15,683.03. Stocks from telecom, IT, banking, cement and auto led the advancements.

According to Rahul Agarwal, Vice President, institutional sales, LKP Shares said that 15,500 was a target level. As market covered this level, it is most likely headed in the direction of 16,000 level.

Today, PTC India zoomed 10.23% to Rs 98.60, expanding its surge over the past few days.

DLF has declared the first quarter results and it records a net profit of Rs 1515.48 billion for the period ended June 30, 2007.

The company’s earning per share (EPS) stood at Rs 9.87, and its operating profit margin was at Rs. 56.4% in the first quarter of FY08.

HDFC Bank diluted 0.2% to Rs 1197.15 on pricing its 6.6-million American Depository Receipts at $92.10 each.

The scrip hit a high of Rs 1,218 and a low of Rs 1,192.30 during the day. On 28 May 2007, the scrip touched a 52-week high of Rs 1,274 and a 52-week low of Rs 693.10 on 19 July 2006.

The HDFC Bank stock had developed 10.27% within the one month period to 17 July 2007 as against Sensex’s return of 8.59%. The scrip had outperformed the market over the past quarter, going down 22.41% as compared to the Sensex’s increase of 11.83%.