The market traded flat for most part of the day even as Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee announced a slew of measures in the rail budget on Friday. It however picked up steam in the latter part and made a swift move up. Railway stocks - which are traditionally in focus of budget day - failed to capitalise and mostly traded flat or in the negative (Read on next page: how the budget impacts railways companies).

The stock markets now head into a marquee event on Monday: Union Budget 2009-2010 to be presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

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