Mumbai: The markets ended in the positive terrain on the back of heavy buying seen in scrips from metal, IT, oil & gas and capital goods sector. However, selling was witnessed by auto, banking and pharma stocks.
The Sensex made a brief attempt at the 14,000 levels but slipped immediately. The Sensex closed at 13,937.65 up 63.32 points or 0.5 per cent. The Nifty was up 14.75 points or 0.37 per cent at 4015.75. The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 6,799.99 up 23 points or 0.34 per cent.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,829.47 up 10.5 points or 0.2 per cent.
The BSE Bankex was down 0.9 per cent at 7,187.59. Karnataka Bank, HDFC Bank, PNB, Centurion BoP, ICICI Bank, Bank of Baroda moved downwards.
The BSE IT Index gained 1 per cent at 5,187.88. I-Flex Solution, HCL Tech, Hexaware Tech, Infosys and Satyam advanced.
The BSE Metal Index was up 2 per cent to close at 9,148.25. Tata Steel, Mah Seamless, Sesa Goa, SAIL, JSW Steel ended higher.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 0.8 per cent at 9,380.12. Lakshmi Machine, Ingersoll Rand, Greaves Cotton, L&T, Carborundum closed higher.
The BSE Health Care Index closed was down 0.04 per cent at 3,786.81. Divis Labs, Ipca Labs, Nicholas Pirama, Aventis Pharma, Sun Pharma closed lower.
The BSE FMCG Index gained 0.3 per cent at 2,066.29. Nestle, Britannia, Colgate, ITC closed in green.
The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,498.28 down 0.3 per cent. Punj Tractors,Apollo Tyres, Cummins, Hind Motors, Escorts moved lower.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index gained 1 per cent to close at 6,189.62. MRPL, IOC, Reliance ended in green.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 8,783.45 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 2,5815.55 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 4,752.1 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 3,9351.1 crore.
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