Today, Nirma Ltd touched a low of Rs 181 after the soaps and detergents maker posted an unaudited net loss of Rs 93.45 crore for the March quarter.
For the year-ago quarter, the company had recorded a net profit of 95.17 crore on an unaudited basis. The shares are now trading 3.5 per cent lower at Rs 186.55.

Mumbai: On rapid buying by funds in heavy-weight stocks led by cement sector, the BSE Sensex soared by more than 105 points in early trade. Select stocks from cement, banking, telecom and pharma traded strong while auto stocks led the declines.
The BSE-30 share index, Sensex, which had vanished more than 70 points on yesterday’s closing, rise dramatically by 105.98 points at 14,537.04 in the first five minutes of trading. In the same way, the wide-based National Stock Exchange's index Nifty shot up by 42.45 points at 4,291.40.

BSE Consumer Durables closed at its all-time high of 4,216 after gaining 52.71 points, or 1.27%.

The index also hit a peak of 4,261.51 during the day.

The components taking the index to achieve its all-time high were Titan Industries, which climbed up 3.92% to Rs 1329.40, Rajesh Exports that arose 0.13% to Rs 525.85, Gitanjali Gems benefited 0.37% to Rs 204.20 and Lloyd Electric gained 3.92% to Rs1329.40.

In BSE Consumer Durable index, Titan Industries, Rajesh Exports, Gitanjali Gems and Lloyd Electric showed high weightages of 34.01%, 8.14%, 5.03% and 4.03%, correspondingly.

Today, AIA Engineering has touched its 52-week high of Rs 1,718. At 12:31 pm, the share is trading at Rs 1,685.50, up Rs 83.95, or 5.24%.
The scrip is trading with volumes of 95,302 shares. Yesterday the share closed after gaining 0.20% or Rs 3.20 at Rs 1,601.55.

The stock market (BSE) has followed the same volatile pattern once more. It remains strong throughout the week, and analysts have suggested a strong resistance level at 14595.
The support for the Sensex is at 14425, and the resistance to the up move at 14526-14540-14584-14594. On the other hand, the support for the Nifty is at 4236 and resistance to the up move at 4286-4290-4322.
According to Ashwani Gujral the Nifty would trade in a higher place at 4,300, before any major rectification kicks in.

Jai Parabolic Springs Ltd. climbed up by its maximum daily limit of 5 percent to 29.50 rupees as the board okayed its merger deal with Jamna Auto Industries. The company made the declaration in trading hours. The scrip had touched its intraday low of Rs 28 during the day.
Today, about 16,712 shares were traded in the scrip. In the past one quarter, the stock had an average daily volume of 11,212 shares. At its existing price of Rs 29.50, the scrip trades at a PE multiple of 10.13, based on year ended March 2007 EPS of Rs 2.91.