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              Trading Highlight for 10-03-2010 through CSTAR
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No. of Scrips                                  : 6089
Number of Scrips Traded                        : 22
No. of Trades                                  : 490
Volume of Share Traded                         : 524047
Turnover (in Rs.)                              : 108517880
Number of Orders                               : 592
Number of Participating Brokers / Active Users : 23 / 24




            Oddlot Trading Highlight for 10-03-2010 through CSTAR
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No. of Trades                                  : 0
Number of Scrips Traded                        : 0
Volume of Share Traded                         : 0
Turnover (in Rs.)                              : 0
Number of Orders                               : 0







            DEMAT  Trading Highlight for 10-03-2010 through CSTAR
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No. of Trades                                  : 490
Number of Scrips Traded                        : 22
Volume of Share Traded                         : 524047
Turnover (in Rs.)                              : 108517880
Number of Orders                               : 592





   INDEX                      Prev      Open       High      Low      Close
   =====                      ====      ====       ====      ===      =====
   CSE40                    7197.87  7197.87    7179.58    7166.62   7176.45

Note:Index with new Scrip Baskets; Base= 2000 for CSE-40 & Base =100 for CSE as on end of March'96
     Please treat CSE-40 as Calcutta Index.


GROUP : D  TurnOver Details for Top 20 Scrips

           Scrip Name                   No. of Shares        Value(Rs)
           ==========                   =============        =========

OASIS CINE COMMUNICATION LTD.                   89627         27192831
STATE BANK OF INDIA                              7310         14883568
STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LTD                    50000         11736000
VINDUS HOLDINGS LTD.                            29480          8637640
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD                          8200          8339290
LARSEN & TOUBRO LIMITED                          5200          8179630
SHARDARAJ TRADEFIN LTD                          94200          5115010
BLUEPRINT SECURITIES LTD                        13400          4097720
OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORP.                        3420          3747830
BOLTON PROPERTIES LTD                            8900          3476340
PRIME CAPITAL MARKET LTD                        10200          2844780
SHREE SECURITIES LTD                            14000          2777600
KONARAK COMMERCE INDUSTRIES LTD                 22800          2218440
MINOLTA FINANCE LTD                              5000          1394000
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (INDIA) LTD                 3800          1155200
BAKRA PRATISTHAN LTD.                            3000          1057500
USHITA TRADING & AGENCIES LTD                   21000           682500
SHRI MAHASATI INVESTMENTS LTD                  125000           462500
ORISSA MINERALS DEVELOPMENT CO LTD                 10           204000
KWALITY CREDIT & LEASING LTD                     1000           170750


GROUP : D  Top 20 Gainers

           Scrip Name                  Current Close   Prev Close   % Change
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ORISSA MINERALS DEVELOPMENT CO LTD           20800.00     20000.00       4.00
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD                      1017.00      996.00       2.11
USHITA TRADING & AGENCIES LTD                  32.50       32.30       0.62
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (INDIA) LTD              304.00      303.60       0.13
OASIS CINE COMMUNICATION LTD.                 303.40      303.10       0.10
SHARDARAJ TRADEFIN LTD                         54.30       54.25       0.09


GROUP : D  Top 20 Losers

           Scrip Name                  Current Close   Prev Close   % Change
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LARSEN & TOUBRO LIMITED                      1573.10     1599.55       -1.65
STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LTD                  234.75      235.55       -0.34
STATE BANK OF INDIA                          2037.00     2041.70       -0.23
OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORP.                    1096.00     1096.20       -0.02





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