The markets were rangebound and ended with marginal gains. However, significant buying was seen in midcap stocks. The Sensex closed at 11,933.21 up 29 points. The Nifty up 4 points to close at 3477.
The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 5,952.50 up 46 points or 0.77%.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 4,988.32 up 20 points or 0.4%.
The BSE sectoral indices closed mixed.
The BSE Metal Index gained 2% at 8,557.45. Hind Zinc, Sterlite Ind, Jindal Steel, Sesa Goa witnessed buying interest.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was gained 1.4% at 8,056.11. Crompton Greave, KEC Infrastruct, L&T, Greaves Cotton and Gammon India closed higher.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index gained 0.5% at 5,777.76. HPCL, Chennai Petro, BPCL and IOC rose higher.
The BSE Health Care Index gained 0.2% at 3,642.92. FDC, GlaxoSmithKline, Biocon, Sun Pharma, Dr Reddys Labs
closed in positive terrain.
The BSE Bankex was down 0.5% at 5,406.67. Centurion BoP, Andhra Bank, Karnataka Bank, UTI Bank and HDFC Bank moved downwards.
The BSE IT Index lost 0.23% to close at 4,340.30. HCL Tech, Hexaware Tech, Mphasis BFL, TCS closed in red.
The BSE Auto Index lost 0.07% at 5,125.32. Amtek Auto, Mah and Mah, Apollo Tyres and Escorts declined on the bourses
The BSE FMCG gained 0.05% to close at 2,037.37. Tata Tea, Nestle, ITC closed in positive terrain.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 6356.1 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 19518.69 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 3073.77 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 28948.56 crore.
F&O
Turnover at Rs 19518.69 cr
Nifty at 2 point discount
Nifty Futures add 20 lakh shares;
Top Traded:HLL,Bharti Airtel,VSNL,HPCL,ITC,MTNL
Ashok Leyland adds 6 lakh shares in OI
Bharti adds 9 lakh shares in OI
Hindalco,IVRCL adds 4 lakh shares in OI
ITC adds 16 lakh shares in OI
HLL adds 23 lakh shares in OI
MTNL adds 7 lakh shares in OI
Reliance adds 10 lakh shares in OI
Tata Tea adds 5 lakh shares in OI
TCS,Titan adds 3 lakh shares in OI
Markets Today:
Markets end firm led by frontline metal and capital good stocks
Sensex up 28.61 at 11933.21; Nifty ends almost flat at 3477.25
BSE Metals Index up 2%; Hind Zinc up 5.88%, Sterlite up 4.66%, Nalco up 2%
BSE Capital Goods Index up 1.37%; L&T up 3.57%
BSE Oil & Gas Index up 0.54%; HPCL up 5.26%, BPCL up 2.44%, RIL up 1%
Jet Airways hogs limelight; stock up 6.26% at 591
CNX Midcap Index up 0.43%; led by midcap metal stocks
Sesa Goa up 3.8%, Jindal Steel up 3.59%
BSE Small Cap Index up 0.77% at 5925.50
Birla VXL up 20%, Tata Coffee up 9.67%
NSE Advance Decline ratio at 5:4
Total market turnover at Rs 28948.56 cr Vs Rs 27126.83 cr on Tuesday
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