Despite easing inflationary figures, the Sensex continued to move in a sluggish manner.

Metal, realty and consumer goods traded weak, whereas IT, auto and FMCG stocks went up.

BSE Midcap and Smallcap index declined 2.73% and 3.05% respectively.

Among the sectoral indices, BSE Metal declined 6.88%, BSE Realty fell 5.17%, BSE Consumer goods lost more than 4%. But, BSE IT zoomed 2.60%, Auto and FMCG gained more than 1% each.

The 30-share index, BSE Sensex, today (Jan 09), opened on a lower note at 9,434.85, down 152.03 points.

At the 14th annual Critics' Choice Awards 2009, ace Bollywood singer-music composer A R Rahman has been awarded with the Best Music Composer award for Danny Boyle’s movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, which continued its inexorable march as 2008’s standout film.

The event was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in LA on Thursday (Jan 08).

The relationship between India and Pakistan is not so good after the Mumbai terrorist attack on 26th November, 2008, and that’s why the release of SRK’s ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ and Aamir’s ‘Ghajini’ have been banned in Pakistan.

But now ‘Ghajini’ is releasing in Pakistan on Friday.

Mr. Nadeem Mandviwalla, top distributor and exhibitor, stated, “Ghajini has been cleared by the censors and we are anticipating it to be a big hit in Pakistan as it is Aamir's first release in theaters in the country.”

The students who have given CAT (Common Admission Test) exam in November 2008 will be able to access their results on the website: http://results.catiim.in from today.

CAT applicants can also access their results by sending an ‘SMS’ through their mobile phone.

In order to access the results, users can type ‘CAT’ together with their ‘test registration number’ followed by their application number, and SMS it to ‘57333’.

Mastek Ltd has declared the results for the three month period ended December 30, 2008.

The IT and offshore outsourcing services company has recorded a 15.14 percent net profit growth despite the company’s numbers were impacted by forex losses and fall in customer demand.

The company has posted a net profit of Rs 31.3 crore as compared to Rs 27.21 crore during the same period of the last year (Dec 2007).

The company's total income during the same period came up by 24.18 percent at Rs 268.2 crore as against Rs 215.98 crore for the same period last year.

After witnessing a heavy fall of over 700 points on Wednesday (Jan 07), Indian equities, today (Jan 09), opened on a lower note at 9,434.85, down 152.03 points.

Consumer goods and realty stocks have taken a severe beating.

Hammered by the worst ever company scam in India, shares of Satyam Computer Services (at 10:00 a.m.) stood at Rs 13.50, down Rs 26.45 at the BSE. The scrip also touched an intra-day high of Rs 32.00 and low of Rs 11.50. On Wednesday (Jan 07), the shares declined 77.69 at Rs 39.95.