Sensex closes at 12,010, up 37 points

The markets had a volatile session and closed marginally in the green. The Sensex closed at 12,009.59 up 37 points. The Nifty gained 7 points to close at 3,479.

The BSE Small Cap Index closed flat at 5,985.63.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,035.12 up 9 points.

The BSE Health Care Index was down 0.13% at 3,583.30. Wyeth, Wockhardt, Aurobindo Pharma, Glenmark and Ipca Labs closed lower.

The BSE IT Index lost 0.14% at 4,330.15. Moser Baer, Infosys, Patni Computer and TCS declined.

The BSE Metal Index was down 1.1% to close at 8,228.92. Welspun Guj, SAIL, Hind Zinc, Jindal Steel and Sterlite Ind ended lower.

The BSE Oil and Gas Index gained 0.7% to close at 5,715.98. Reliance Natural, Chennai Petro, Kochi Refinery and Reliance closed higher.

The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 1.6% at 8,099.38. L&T, Praj Industries, Lakshmi Machine and Siemens closed higher.

The BSE Auto Index closed flat at 5,197.77. Exide Industries, Tube Investment, Hind Motors and Bajaj Auto were among the losers.

The BSE Bankex was up 0.1% at 5,642.31. Karnataka Bank, Andhra Bank, Bank of India, Vijaya Bank and Centurion BoP moved downwards.

The BSE FMCG Index rose 0.2% at 2,009.30. Shaw Wallace, McDowell and HLL closed in green.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 6861.93 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 23045.57 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 3445.97 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 33353.47 crore.

Markets today

• Markets end marginally higher after choppy session
• Sensex scales 12,000 for the first time after May 17
• Sensex up 0.3% at 12,010; Nifty up 0.2% at 3479 points
• BSE Capital Goods index up 1.6%; L&T up 4.1%, Siemens up 1.2%
• BSE Oil & Gas index up 0.7%; RIL up 1.3%, ONGC up 0.7%
• BSE Metals index down 1.1%; SAIL down 2.3%, Hindalco down 1.3%
• NSE CNX Midcap, BSE Small Cap indices close flat
• Market breadth negative; NSE Advance:Decline ratio 3:5
• Total market turnover Rs 33,353.47 cr vs Rs 33,760.82 cr

Markets this week

• Sensex up 0.8% at 12010, Nifty up 0.2% at 3479 points
• CNX Midcap Index up 0.4%; BSE Small Cap Index down 0.8%
• BSE Bank Index up 5.2%; ICICI Bank up 7%, SBI up 4%; OBC up 9%
• BSE IT Index up 1.3%; Satyam up 4%, TCS up 1%, Infosys up 1%
• BSE Metal Index down 4.7%; Hindalco down 8%, Tata Steel, Nalco down 4%
• Index Gainers: Zee up 10%, Jet Airways up 7%
• Midcap Gainers: Indiabulls up 25%, UBI, Vijaya Bank up over 9%
• Small Cap Gainers: Orient Paper up 18%, UWB up 18%, ITI up 16%

F&O update

Turnover at Rs 23045.57 cr (Rs 230.45 billion)

Nifty Fut discount at 4 pts

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