Today, Nirma Ltd touched a low of Rs 181 after the soaps and detergents maker posted an unaudited net loss of Rs 93.45 crore for the March quarter.
For the year-ago quarter, the company had recorded a net profit of 95.17 crore on an unaudited basis. The shares are now trading 3.5 per cent lower at Rs 186.55.

Mumbai: On rapid buying by funds in heavy-weight stocks led by cement sector, the BSE Sensex soared by more than 105 points in early trade. Select stocks from cement, banking, telecom and pharma traded strong while auto stocks led the declines.
The BSE-30 share index, Sensex, which had vanished more than 70 points on yesterday’s closing, rise dramatically by 105.98 points at 14,537.04 in the first five minutes of trading. In the same way, the wide-based National Stock Exchange's index Nifty shot up by 42.45 points at 4,291.40.

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena cleared up that it did not wish to cease its grouping with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the president selection matter. On Monday night, the political party made a decision to back up the UPA applicant Pratibha Patil as she was a woman and a Maharashtrian.

BSE Consumer Durables closed at its all-time high of 4,216 after gaining 52.71 points, or 1.27%.

The index also hit a peak of 4,261.51 during the day.

The components taking the index to achieve its all-time high were Titan Industries, which climbed up 3.92% to Rs 1329.40, Rajesh Exports that arose 0.13% to Rs 525.85, Gitanjali Gems benefited 0.37% to Rs 204.20 and Lloyd Electric gained 3.92% to Rs1329.40.

In BSE Consumer Durable index, Titan Industries, Rajesh Exports, Gitanjali Gems and Lloyd Electric showed high weightages of 34.01%, 8.14%, 5.03% and 4.03%, correspondingly.

New Delhi: Yesterday, the central committee of the Communist Party

Today, AIA Engineering has touched its 52-week high of Rs 1,718. At 12:31 pm, the share is trading at Rs 1,685.50, up Rs 83.95, or 5.24%.
The scrip is trading with volumes of 95,302 shares. Yesterday the share closed after gaining 0.20% or Rs 3.20 at Rs 1,601.55.