After opening the day sturdily at 14,932.53, the BSE Sensex further touched a record high of 14,963.26 in the morning trades. It is on the way to the 15,000 mark.

After hitting a new historical mark of 15,007.22, the BSE Sensex, finally

In spite of its lackluster debut, DLF has got into the group of top 10 market-cap companies.

In early trade, DLF’s market capitalization was Rs 93719.71 crore. Ahead of ICICI Bank and State Bank of India (SBI), DLF emerges as the eight biggest Indian companies in terms of market capitalization.

DLF has also become the first realty business firm to enter the list of top 10 market-cap companies.

Four cement majors climbed from 0.69% to 4.87% on reports that cement firms were boosting prices by Rs 3-Rs 5 per 50 kilogram bag across India effective today.

Ambuja Cements gained 3.90% to Rs 129.25, ACC 4.87% to Rs 984, Grasim Industries 0.69% to Rs 2723, and UltraTech Cement 3.47% to Rs 914.95. In addition to price increase, ACC’s strong dispatches in June 2007 just gone by aided the rally.

Technical Analyst, Vijay Bhambwani is of the view that one
should hold State Bank of India (SBI) stock as it can add another Rs 60-70
within the coming days.

SBI has been a great mover and shaker. It is good for
another Rs 60-70 before some quantity of profit taking can enter.