New Delhi: The stock markets closed in green near the day's high mirroring global reaction to the positive close of international equity markets. The markets had a weak opening but strength came in second half of the day. Asian markets ended higher gaining in the range of 1-1.5 per cent.
Buying was seen in scrips across sectors. Banking, capital goods, IT, oil & gas and telecom stocks were among the top gainers.
However, the volumes were relatively low and the breadth was in favour of the advances. The frontliners outperformed the midcap and smallcap index, which were up around 1 per cent. Top gainers on the Sensex were Reliance Comm, BHEL and ONGC. ITC, Hero Honda and Hindalco were among the gainers.
Other than FMCG all the other BSE sector indices ended in green.
Sensex closed up 214.59 points or 1.73 per cent at 12,644.99, and the Nifty up 70.35 points or 1.95 per cent at 3,678.9.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,286.67 up 51.1 points or 0.98 per cent.
The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 6,335.07 up 60.43 points or 0.96 per cent.
The BSE Bankex was up 1.81 per cent at 6,218.19. UTI Bank, Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, SBI moved upwards.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 2.09 per cent at 8,508.75. BHEL, Bharat Elec, HEG, ABB, Aban Offshore, Ingersoll Rand closed higher.
The BSE Health Care Index was up 0.8 per cent at 3,486.12. Nicholas Piramal, Orchid Chemical, Pfizer, Cadila Health, Lupin closed higher.
The BSE Auto Index closed at 4,846.34 up 1.1 per cent. Tata Motors, Amtek Auto, TVS Motor, MRF, Cummins surged.
The BSE Metal Index closed up 0.3 per cent at 8,094.36. JSW Steel, Jindal Steel, Mah Seamless, Jindal Saw, Sesa Goa advanced higher.
The BSE IT Index gained 1.8 per cent at 4,967.35. I-Flex Solution, Mphasis, Wipro, TCS, Infosys advanced.
BSE Oil and Gas Index closed gained 1.08 per cent to close at 6,213.36. GAIL, ONGC, BPCL, IOC, HPCL ended in green. The BSE FMCG Index ended at 1,620.85 down 0.3 per cent.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 4955.8 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 24344.28 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 2649.39 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 31949.47 crore.
Markets Today:
>Markets ends on a firm note led by capital good stocks
>Sensex up 1.73 per cent or 215 points at 12645; Nifty up 2 per cent or 70 points at 3679
>BSE Capital Goods Index up 2 per cent; BHEL up 6.6 per cent, ABB up 1.9 per cent
>BSE Bank Index up 1.8 per cent; HDFC Bank up 2.34 per cent, OBC up 2.85 per cent
>BSE Oil & Gas Index up 1.7 per cent; GAIL up 4.86 per cent, ONGC up 4 per cent
>Telecom stocks gain; Reliance Comm up 5.26 per cent, MTNL up 4 per cent, Bharti Airtel up 2.29 per cent, VSNL up 2.12 per cent
>Index Losers; ITC down 2.10 per cent on higher VAT implementation
>NIIT Tech up 8 per cent, iGate up 6.8 per cent, I-Flex up 6 per cent, Aptech up 5 per cent
>BSE Small-cap Index up nearly 1 per cent; led by tea stocks
>Jay Shree Tea up 20 per cent, McLeod Russel up 10 per cent, Williamson Magor up 10 per cent
>Total market turnover at Rs 31949.47 Vs Rs 41042.22 cr on Friday.
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