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              Trading Highlight for 16-05-2012 through CSTAR
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No. of Scrips                                  : 6121
Number of Scrips Traded                        : 22
No. of Trades                                  : 1188
Volume of Share Traded                         : 891952
Turnover (in Rs.)                              : 278775599
Number of Orders                               : 1616
Number of Participating Brokers / Active Users : 28 / 29




            Oddlot Trading Highlight for 16-05-2012 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 16-05-2012 through CSTAR
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No. of Trades                                  : 1188
Number of Scrips Traded                        : 22
Volume of Share Traded                         : 891952
Turnover (in Rs.)                              : 278775599
Number of Orders                               : 1616





   INDEX                      Prev      Open       High      Low      Close
   =====                      ====      ====       ====      ===      =====
   CSE40                    5730.45  5730.45    5751.44    5717.48   5717.72

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.                  151849         49311470
LARSEN & TOUBRO LIMITED                         40750         49070500
STATE BANK OF INDIA                             22760         41532498
BSR FINANCE & CONSTRUCTION LTD                 118000         22302000
BAKRA PRATISTHAN LTD.                           60000         21261625
ACCESS GLOBAL LTD.                              76850         20065535
QUEST FINANCIAL SERVICS LTD                    205000         16723350
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (INDIA) LTD                33100         10749225
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD                         14125          9603112
SCAN INFRASTRUCTURE LTD.                        19700          7693835
BLUEPRINT SECURITIES LTD                        21400          6564508
INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES                             2108          4998911
TATA IRON & STEEL CO LTD                        12250          4924330
VINDUS HOLDINGS LTD.                            15760          4838320
KONARAK COMMERCE INDUSTRIES LTD                 25000          2450000
MULTIPLUS RESOUCES LTD                          11500          2116000
ECONO TRADE (INDIA) LTD                          7000          1390900
ERI-TECH LTD.                                   25000          1012500
TATA MOTORS LTD.                                 3000           840500
STAR LIGHT CREDIT (INDIA) LTD                    2000           695500


GROUP : D  Top 20 Gainers

           Scrip Name                  Current Close   Prev Close   % Change
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LARSEN & TOUBRO LIMITED                      1212.00     1209.00       0.25
BAKRA PRATISTHAN LTD.                         354.40      354.35       0.01


GROUP : D  Top 20 Losers

           Scrip Name                  Current Close   Prev Close   % Change
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TATA MOTORS LTD.                              270.00      290.35       -7.01
TATA IRON & STEEL CO LTD                      402.30      414.00       -2.83
INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES                         2371.50     2413.30       -1.73
ASSOCIATED CEMENT CO LTD                     1155.00     1174.35       -1.65
STATE BANK OF INDIA                          1824.00     1854.00       -1.62
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD                       679.95      682.95       -0.44
QUEST FINANCIAL SERVICS LTD                    81.55       81.70       -0.18
BLUEPRINT SECURITIES LTD                      306.75      307.00       -0.08
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (INDIA) LTD              324.75      325.00       -0.08
OASIS CINE COMMUNICATION LTD.                 324.75      324.95       -0.06





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