The 30-share index opened unenthusiastically and trading weak. Select stocks from IT led the advancements while auto, cement, telecom and banking led the declines.

Asian markets also turned down in the early sessions on fears of the rejection in the housing demand in USA.

Bharat Thakur, assistant manager, Karvy stock broking told that some profit booking is expected to take place today. He is confident on power sector and commends Reliance Energy and HDFC for trading.

It was an incredible closing for the stock markets yesterday regardless of some feeble international signals.

The Sensex and Nifty closed on a new record high, each up 1%. Sensex closed above the 15,700 mark, while the Nifty closed the day above 4,600.

Amit Dalal of Amit Nalin Securities thinks that 16,000 for the stock markets seem very likely.

Even Ram Kolluri, President and CIO, at Global Investment Management feel that the global momentum will spread out into the Indian markets too.

The 30-share index opened at 15,802.19 and is presently trading sturdily. It also touched its all-time high of 15,828.98. The stocks from telecom, auto, IT and banking led the advancements.

After opening on a strong note at 15,560.57, the 30-share index i

After touching an intraday high of 15,683.03 and low of 15,524.68, the BSE Sensex finally settled at 15,565.55 after making a gain of 15.42 points, whereas the broad-based NSE Nifty ended at 4,566.05, up 3.95 points.