<div> Stocks: The benchmark BSE S&P Sensex came off its all-time intra-day high of 22,040.72 logged on Tuesday, and closed down for the second week in a row in a range-bound trade during the extended week.<br /><br /><div>The index lost over 54 points to end at 21,755.32 on Saturday.</div><div><br />The BSE and NSE were closed on March 17 on account of "Holi". Both the exchanges conducted a special live trading session today to enable the NSE to test its software. The trading took place from 11.15 am to 12.45 pm.</div><div><br />FMCG, metal, consumer durable and pharma counters were in keen demand this week, while shares from refinery, capital goods and realty suffered losses.</div><div><br />IT shares were also out of favour as outsourcing companies fell on concerns about their revenue outlooks.</div><div><br />The market took a hit on worries that the US interest rates would rise sooner than expected and dent the appeal of higher-yielding emerging markets.</div><div><br />The BSE 30-share barometer resumed better and was trapped in a narrow breadth of over 335 points before settling at 21,775.32, a fall of 54.48 points, or 0.25 per cent. Last week, the index slipped 109.99 points, or 0.50 per cent.</div><div><br />It scaled a new lifetime high of 22,040.72, breaching the previous historic high of 22,023.98 logged on March 10.</div><div><br />The NSE 50-issue CNX Nifty declined by 9.30 points, or 0.14 per cent to end at 6,494.90. Like Sensex, Nifty too hit a new lifetime high of 6,574.95 during the week.</div><div><br />Jignesh Chaudhary, Head of Research, Veracity Broking Services, said: "Though the indices closed in the red, they scaled new records, taking cues from the better-than-expected data from the US and also the positive comments from Goldman Sachs that elections in India may fuel further gains in stocks." </div></div>
<div> Stocks: The benchmark BSE S&P Sensex came off its all-time intra-day high of 22,040.72 logged on Tuesday, and closed down for the second week in a row in a range-bound trade during the extended week.<br /><br /><div>The index lost over 54 points to end at 21,755.32 on Saturday.</div><div><br />The BSE and NSE were closed on March 17 on account of "Holi". Both the exchanges conducted a special live trading session today to enable the NSE to test its software. The trading took place from 11.15 am to 12.45 pm.</div><div><br />FMCG, metal, consumer durable and pharma counters were in keen demand this week, while shares from refinery, capital goods and realty suffered losses.</div><div><br />IT shares were also out of favour as outsourcing companies fell on concerns about their revenue outlooks.</div><div><br />The market took a hit on worries that the US interest rates would rise sooner than expected and dent the appeal of higher-yielding emerging markets.</div><div><br />The BSE 30-share barometer resumed better and was trapped in a narrow breadth of over 335 points before settling at 21,775.32, a fall of 54.48 points, or 0.25 per cent. Last week, the index slipped 109.99 points, or 0.50 per cent.</div><div><br />It scaled a new lifetime high of 22,040.72, breaching the previous historic high of 22,023.98 logged on March 10.</div><div><br />The NSE 50-issue CNX Nifty declined by 9.30 points, or 0.14 per cent to end at 6,494.90. Like Sensex, Nifty too hit a new lifetime high of 6,574.95 during the week.</div><div><br />Jignesh Chaudhary, Head of Research, Veracity Broking Services, said: "Though the indices closed in the red, they scaled new records, taking cues from the better-than-expected data from the US and also the positive comments from Goldman Sachs that elections in India may fuel further gains in stocks." </div></div>