The markets closed flat on the first day of the week; it opened in the red showed some recovery but slipped in the negative terrain again. There were tremors across Asian markets on account of North Korean news on nuclear test.
The Sensex closed at 12,365.83 down 7 points. The Nifty was down 3 points to close at 3,567.
The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 6,403.88 up 75 points or 1.18%.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,298.68 up 34 points 0.65%.
The BSE Bankex was down 0.3% at 6,063.17. UTI Bank, Centurion BoP, Oriental Bank, Union Bank, ICICI Bank moved upwards.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index lost 0.4% to close at 5,646.72. MRPL, Reliance Natural, HPCL, Chennai Petro and Petronet LNG closed lower.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 1% at 8,326.54. Praj Industries, Thermax, Lakshmi Machine, BEML, Alfa Laval, HEG closed higher.
The BSE Auto Index gained 0.3% at 5,489.46. Apollo Tyres, MRF, MICO, Escorts, Ashok Leyland were among the top gainers.
The BSE FMCG Index fell 0.07% at 2,026.13. McDowell, HLL, Tata Tea closed in red.
The BSE Health Care Index rose 0.5% at 3,639.83. Glenmark, Divis Labs, Novartis India, Cipla and Orchid Chemical advanced.
The BSE IT Index was up 0.7% at 4,433.26. Mphasis BFL, Infosys, TCS, Hexaware Tech and Wipro closed higher.
The BSE Metal Index was flat at 8,676.57.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 5757.81 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 21720.88 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 3341.33 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 30820.02 crore.
Markets Today
F&O Action
Sensex @ 1311 hrs
The markets have shown smart recovery and have moved in the positive terrain.
At 13.11 pm IST, the Sensex is up 25.72 points or 0.21% at 12398.53, and the Nifty up 4.00 points or 0.11% at 3573.7.
About 1626 shares have advanced, 703 shares declined, and 52 shares are unchanged.
Top gainers on the Sensex are Grasim up 1.87%, Cipla up 1.21% and Guj Ambuja Cem up 1.19%.
Top losers on the Sensex are HDFC down 2.49%, Reliance Energy down 1.81% and Tata Steel down 1.29%.
Most active shares on BSE are Atlanta at Rs 254.95, Gulf Oil Corp at Rs 1,493.95 and Action Const at Rs 217.50.
Index heavyweight Hindustan Lever was trading at Rs 244.85 down 0.18% from its previous close of Rs 245.30.
Index heavyweight Reliance was trading at Rs 1,160.80 down 0.19% from its previous close of Rs 1,163.05.
Tech major Infosys was trading at Rs 1,899.50 up 1.47% from its previous close of Rs 1,872.05.
Cigarette major ITC was trading at Rs 185.85 up 0.62% from its previous close of Rs 184.70.
Refinery major HPCL was trading at Rs 300.00 down 1.49% from its previous close of Rs 304.55.
Sensex @ 1204 hrs
The markets are sluggish and are trading below the flat line.
At 12.04 pm IST, the Sensex is down 45.47 points or 0.37% at 12327.34, and the Nifty down 15.20 points or 0.43% at 3554.5.
About 1456 shares have advanced, 755 shares declined, and 62 shares are unchanged.
Top gainers on the Sensex are Grasim up 1.51%, TCS up 0.49% and Cipla up 0.47%.
Top losers on the Sensex are HDFC down 2.07%, Reliance Energy down 1.81% and Reliance Comm down 1.65%.
Top gainers on the Nifty are Grasim up 1.44%, VSNL up 0.76% and GlaxoSmithKline up 0.55%
Top losers on the Nifty are HDFC down 2.15%, HPCL down 2.13% and Reliance Energy down 1.99%
Index heavyweight Hindustan Lever was trading at Rs 245.25 down 0.02% from its previous close of Rs 245.30.
Index heavyweight Reliance was trading at Rs 1,157.90 down 0.44% from its previous close of Rs 1,163.05.
Tech major Infosys was trading at Rs 1,864.90 down 0.38% from its previous close of Rs 1,872.05.
Cigarette major ITC was trading at Rs 184.70 down 0% from its previous close of Rs 184.70.
Refinery major HPCL was trading at Rs 298.35 down 2.04% from its previous close of Rs 304.55.
Sensex @ 1101 hrs
The markets are trading in the negative terrain on account of selling pressure in index pivotals.
At 11.01 am IST, the Sensex is down 51.34 points or 0.41% at 12,321.47, and the Nifty down 14.20 points or 0.40% at 3555.5.
About 1291 shares have advanced, 699 shares declined, and 52 shares are unchanged. Top gainers on the Sensex are Grasim up 1.35%, Maruti Udyog up 0.67% and Cipla up 0.59%.
Top gainers on the Nifty are Grasim up 1.18%, VSNL up 0.88% and GlaxoSmithKline up 0.60%.
Top losers on the Sensex are Reliance Comm down 1.63%, HDFC down 1.52% and Tata Steel down 1.38%.
Top losers on the Nifty are HPCL down 1.9%, Oriental Bank down 1.78% and Reliance Energy down 1.68%.
Index heavyweight Hindustan Lever was trading at Rs 245.80 up 0.2% from its previous close of Rs 245.30.
Index heavyweight Reliance was trading at Rs 1,156.90 down 0.53% from its previous close of Rs 1,163.05.
Tech major Infosys was trading at Rs 1,861.35 down 0.57% from its previous close of Rs 1,872.05.
Cigarette major ITC was trading at Rs 184.35 down 0.19% from its previous close of Rs 184.70.
Sensex @ 0958 hrs
The markets opened weak in line with Asian peers. At 9:58 am, the Sensex was down 55 points at 12317 and the Nifty was down 15 points at 3554.
Top losers were Infosys, Reliance, Bharti and ONGC. Asian markets trading lower; South Korean stocks tumbled today morning after North Korea confirmed it had conducted a nuclear test over the weekend.
Japan's Nikkei fell 0.08%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng was down 0.92%, Singapore's Straits Times plunged 1.11%, South Korea's Seoul Composite was down 2.98%. However, Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted gained 1.78%.
Wall Street ended down on lower new jobs data; Dow was down 16 points.
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