MARKET ACTIVITY REPORT FOR 26/12/2006

Advances 655
Declines 320
Unchanged 26

TECHM 288.16 Crores
INDIABULLS 261.66 Crores
SOBHA 235.65 Crores
GTOFFSHORE 226.72 Crores
RELIANCE 210.29 Crores
CENTURYTEX 194.16 Crores
INFOSYSTCH 167.57 Crores
ONGC 153.41 Crores
SATYAMCOMP 126.21 Crores
RCOM 114.93 Crores
SBIN 97.84 Crores
ZEETELE 87.50 Crores
TATAMOTORS 86.38 Crores

Nifty Gainers Company Price Change Zee Telefilms Ltd. 290.95 +5.17% Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. 85.7 +4.26% Wipro Ltd. 597.5 +4% Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. 984.25 +3.5% Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. 1191.4 +3.25% Nifty Losers Company Price Change Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. 317.9 -0.81% Reliance Communications Ltd. 467.2 -0.26% Hero Honda Motors Ltd. 748.35 -0.25% Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. 802.3 -0.2% Tata Steel Ltd. 477.75 -0.18% Nifty Top Volume Company Price Volume Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. 85.7 5842699 ITC Ltd. 174.55 3546392 Zee Telefilms Ltd. 290.95 3035390 Satyam Computer Services Ltd. 476.75 2675205 Reliance Communications Ltd. 467.2 2467894 as on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 4:14:54 PM
Indian shares rise 1.8 pct on techs, banks Shares of software services companies were back in favour in anticipation of good quarterly results, analysts said. Infosys, India's second-largest software exporter, firmed 2.2 percent to 2,219.65 rupees. Media reports on Monday said it was in talks with 10 big banks for large deals in different countries for its core banking software. Wipro Ltd., which rose 4.2 percent to 597.35 rupees, was the highest percentage gainer among the bluechips. Top software exporter Tata Consultancy Services gained 3.4 percent to 1,190.25 rupees, while Satyam Computer closed 3.1 percent up at 476.55 rupees. Top private lender ICICI Bank rose 1.8 percent to 872.55 rupees. State Bank of India, whose shares ended 2.6 percent up at 1,245.90 rupees, said after market close it was raising its benchmark lending rates. STOCKS THAT MOVED * Top tobacco maker ITC Ltd. firmed 2.9 percent to 174.55 rupees after news it was tying up with Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp. to focus on food business. * Flagship explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corp. rose 2.6 percent to 888.10 rupees after it was awarded a 28-percent share in an oil well in Libya over the weekend. * Electricity meters maker Genus Overseas Ltd. rose 9.9 percent to 219.10 rupees after it secured an order from Rajasthan State Electricity Board. * Vishvas Infrastructure Ltd. rose 5 percent to 133.40 rupees after it said a portfolio management fund picked up a 1 percent stake in the company through market deals. TOP THREE BY VOLUME * IFCI Ltd. on 5.9 million shares. * Essar Shipping Ltd. on 2.9 million shares. * Ray Ban Sun Optics India Ltd. on 2.7 million shares.