Mixed up & down, Sensex up 137 pts

MUMBAI: The Sensex could manage to retain its previous high on Thursday. In the opening trade, it was up 112 points at 12, 065 and moved up to a high of 12,144. Then, it saw decline around noon and dipped to the day's low of 11,981. The Bombay Stock Exchange Benchmark index was seeing up and down with a positive bias and was up 137 points at 12,090.

Sterlite has moved up 8.5% to Rs 494. Hindalco has soared 6% to Rs 67. Tata Steel has rallied 4% to Rs 281. HDFC and Tata Motors have advanced 3.5% each to Rs 1,810 and Rs 273, respectively. DLF, Bharti Airtel, SBI, Wipro and Maruti Suzuki have increased 2.5% each. Meanwhile, Mahindra & Mahindra has slumped over 3% to Rs 514. ACC and Grasim have dipped 2% each to Rs 626 and Rs 1,765, respectively. Infosys, NTPC, Hindustan Unilever, TCS and ITC have declined around 1% each. The market breadth continues to be fairly positive. Out of 2,503 stocks traded, 1,533 have advanced while 873 have declined.