After four good days of gain the markets closed with bit of retracement on the last day of week. The Sensex saw a good week but a soft session as it closed below the 10700 level. The Sensex closed at 10,680.23 down 61 points. The Nifty lost 25 points to close at 3131.
The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 5,065.17, up 36 points.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 4,277.53, up 49 points
Markets this week
Markets gain smartely led by banking stocks
Major events this week: credit policy & expiry
Sensex up 5.7% at 10680.23; gains over 800 points from week's low of 9875.35
Nifty up 6.1% at 3130.80; gains over 250 points from week's low of 2878.25
BSE Banking Index up 12.7%; SBI Bank up 7.5%, ICICI Bank up 5.3%
BSE Cap Goods Index up 8.3%; BHEL up 10%, ACC up 8.2%
BSE Healthcare Index up 5%; Dr Reddy's up 13%, Cipla Up 5.8%
BSE Auto Index up 5.3%, BSE IT Index Up 4%
CNX Midcap Index up 5.4%; BSE Small Cap Index up 5.2%
Midcap Gainers: BPL up 29%, Dena Bk up 19.7%, Coromandel Fert up 19%
Sugar stock lose; Bajaj Hind dn 5.8%, Balrampur Chini dn 5.6%
The BSE Bankex gained 1.45% at 4,719.66. Andhra Bank, Bank of Baroda, IOB, Union Bank and SBI were among top gainers.
The BSE Consumer Durables Index gained 1% at 2,691.49. Samtel Color, Whirlpool and Su-Raj Diamonds gained ground.
The BSE Health care index closed up 0.95% at 3,214.09. FDC, Wyeth, Nicholas Pirama, Pfizer and Wockhardt closed in the positive terrain.
The BSE Capital Goods Index gained 0.4% at 6,904.98. BEML, Thermax, KEC Infrastruct, Greaves Cotton and Dredging Cor closed higher.
The BSE Metal Index was down 0.2% at 7,803.42. NALCO, Hindalco, Hind Zinc, JindalStainless witnessed selling pressure.
The Auto index closed at 4,419.82 down 0.7%. MICO, Bajaj Auto, Cummins, Maruti Udyog and Tata Motors closed lower.
The BSE IT Index was down 1.4% at 3,896.43. Patni Computer, TCS, Wipro, HCL Tech and Infosys slipped.
The BSE FMCG Index was down 0.74% at 1,893.30. McDowell, Tata Tea, Nirma, P & G, Britannia closed in red.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index closed down 1.45% at 5,053.72. GAIL, Reliance, MRPL and HPCL were among the losers.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 6007.5 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 18680.39 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 2783.61 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 27471.5 crore.
Markets Today
Markets end in the red on first day on new series
Sensex down 61.36 points at 10680.23; Nifty down 25.35 points at 3130.8
BSE Bank Index up 1.45%; SBI up 4.4%
BSE Healthcare Index up nearly 1%; Dr Reddy's up 2.56%; results beet street expectations
BSE Oil & Gas Index down 1.45%; GAIL (India) down 5.35%, RIL down 1.84%
BSE IT Index down 1.40%; TCS down 1.9%, Wipro down 1.6%
CNX Mid Cap Index up 0.97%; led by banking stocks
Andhra Bank up 9.13%, J&K Bank up 9%, ING Vysya up 8%
BSE Small Cap Index up 0.71%
Binani Ind up 9.95%; Credit Suisse arm to pick up 10% stake
NSE Advance Decline ratio at 4:3
Total market turnover at Rs 27471.5 cr Vs Rs 45824.55 cr (last day of expiry) on Thursday
F&O UPDATE
Turnover at Rs 18680.39 Cr
Nifty discount at 32 pts
NIfty adds over 17 lakh shares in OI
Top Traded:TCS ,Guj Ambuja ,TCS,India Cement,Nalco,ITC,Tata Steel
Guj Ambuja adds 22 lakh shares in Open Interst
Hindalco,Nalco adds 10-11 lakh shares in Open Interst
TCS adds 7 lakh shares in Open Inters
India Cement adds 6 lakh shares inOpenInters
ITC,MTNL adds 4 lakh shars in OI
Tata Steel adds 5 lakh shares in OI
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