Markets ended with moderate gains on the auspicious occasion of Muhurat trading, the start of Samvat 2063. The Sensex closed up 27.42 points at 12,736.82. It has touched an intra day high 12,837.28 and and intra day low of 12,714.72.
The Nifty was up 6.65 points at 3683.5. It has touched an intra day high 3708.40 and and intra day low of 3662.85
About 1795 shares have advanced, 485 shares declined, and 48 shares are unchanged.
The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 6,485.09 up 99.05 points.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,363.90 up 61.81 points.
The BSE Auto index was up 0.33% at 5,332.19. Sundram, Exide Industrie, MRF, MICO and Apollo Tyres surged.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 0.79% at 8,513.66. Ingersoll Rand, Thermax, ABB, Crompton Greave and HEG gained.
The BSE FMCG Index was up 0.88% at 2,026.28. ITC, Britannia and Nestle advanced.
The BSE IT Index gained 0.52% at 4,791.96. I-Flex Solution, Mphasis BFL and HCL Info firmed.
The BSE Health Care Index advanced 0.48% at 3,649.67. Apollo Hospital, FDC, Biocon and Pfizer was up.
The BSE Metal Index moved up 0.68% at 9,045.66. Welspun Guj, Tata Steel, Guj NRE Coke and JSW gained.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index closed up 0.27% at 5,908.73. HPCL, BPCL, MRPL, Reliance Natural and Chennai Petro moved up.
However, the BSE Bankex was down 0.2% at 6,205.21. Andhra Bank, IOB and Canara Bank down.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 1589.54 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 5724.34 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 7313.88 crore.
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