The markets witnessed some consolidation and ended in red. Derivatives market was quite disappointing witnessing low open interest. So overall markets seems to be in vacation mood. About 1198 shares advanced and 1379 declined, so market breadth was negative.
Sensex ended in red, down 13 points at 13846 and the Nifty was down 3.70 points at 3970.
BSE Midcap was up 10.84 points at 5754 and the Smallcap closed 3 points down at 6836.
The cap good index closed down 54 points at 8989. Praj Inds, Ingersoll Rand and Aban offshore were top losers. The consumer durables was down 5 points at 3492. Su-raj Diamond, BPL and Whirlpool were major losers. The oil & gas index was down 30 points at 6206. BPCL, Reliance natural and MRPL lost ground the most.
FMCG index ended in green, up by 9 points at 1952. Nestle, Tata Tea and ITC were leading gainers. Bankex was up 19 points at 7100. BOI, HDFC Bank and Oriental Bank were major gainers.
NSE cash turnover was Rs 9944.85 crore and the BSE cash turnover stood at Rs 4169.29 crore in todays trade. The NSE F&O turnover was Rs 42619 crore. The total turnover was Rs 56733.36 crore.
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