Mkt ends with marginal losses: Auto, realty drag

Mumbai: The markets ended the day with marginal losses on sccount of selling pressure seen in index pivotals.

Also cues from global peers in Asia and the US markets were not very encouraging. Underperformance came from auto, metal and realty stocks followed by pharma, bank and oil & gas stocks.

FMCG major ITC is holding in green which helped FMCG index to close in green. Broader markets closed flat but ahead of the benchmark indices.

Midcap technology stocks like Aptech, NIIT, Rolta and Foursoft, midcap pharma Alpa Labs, RPG Lifesciences ended strong. IDBI, TTML, Prism, Ashok Leyland are stocks that saw some correction.

Hindalco, ONGC, ITC, Sun Pharma were among the top gainers on the indices.

Cipla, M&M, Tata Motors, Zee Entertainment and Sterlite Ind were among the major losers on the indices. IFCI, Petronet LNG, Mcleod Russel, Bank of Rajasthan, UCO Bank,Praj Ind, Voltas, Noida Toll Bridge were among the top gainers in the midcap space.

Fortis Healthcare was up 4 per cent on news that it will acquire Chennai based Malar Hospital.

Sensex was down 25.89 points or 0.17 per cent at 15590.42, and the Nifty down 9.10 points or 0.20 per cent at 4509.50. About 1508 shares have advanced, 1420 shares declined, and 91 shares are unchanged.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 6,851.65 up 0.03 per cent. The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 8,433.52 up 0.5 per cent.

The BSE Bankex was down 0.2 per cent at 8,095.69. Bank of Baroda, Kotak Mahindra, Bank of India, Axis Bank, SBI moved downwards.

The BSE Capital Goods Index was down 0.3 per cent at 13,613.24. Triveni Engg, Alstom Projects, Suzlon Energy, Jyoti Structure, Lakshmi Machine, AIA Engineering closed lower.

The BSE Health Care Index was down 0.3 per cent at 3,705.68. Nicholas Pirama, Cipla, Biocon, Aurobindo Pharm, Orchid Chemical closed lower.

The BSE Auto Index closed at 4,889.83 down 1 per cent. Exide Industrie, Ashok Leyland, Mah and Mah, Tata Motors, TVS Motor closed higher.

The BSE Metal Index closed at 11,609.08 down 0.7 per cent. JindalStainless, SAIL, Sterlite Ind, Sesa Goa closed lower.

The BSE FMCG Index closed at 2,046.63 up 0.7 per cent. Marico, ITC, United Spirits, United Brewerie, Tata Tea closed lower.

BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 8,185.77 down 0.6 per cent. Reliance, Essar Oil, GAIL, HPCL, Reliance Petro ended in red.

The BSE IT Index slipped 0.1 per cent at 4,659.70. Patni Computer, Mphasis, I-Flex Solution, HCL Tech closed lower.

The BSE realty Index lost 1 per cent at 7,470.27. Unitech, Ansal Propertie, Mahindra Gesco, DLF closed lower.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 9966.22 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 38666.44 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 4869.79 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 53502.45 crore.