Sensex surges 136 points at close

The markets opened the week on a positive note with broad based buying seen in frontliners as well as midcap stocks. The Sensex closed at 11,914.21 up 136 points. The Nifty gained 41 points to close at 3477.

The markets were tracking its Asian peers, which ended higher.
The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 5,888.00 up 1.3% or 74 points.
The BSE Midcap Index gained 1.9% or 94 points to close at 4,939.72.
All the BSE sectoral indices closed in the positive terrain.

Markets today:

-Markets continue to gain on all-round buying support

-Indices gain in line with strength in global markets

-Sensex ends at 11,914, Nifty at 3477, both up 1.2%

-Auto stocks continue to gain on good monthly sales

-BSE Auto index up 1.8%; Maruti up 3%, Bajaj Auto up 1.6%

-Tata Motors up 3.9%; Aug sales grow 26.2% to 45,681 units

-BSE IT Sector up 1.8%; TCS up 1.6%, HCL Tech up 1.5%

-BSE Capital Goods index up 1.6%; L&T up 2%, ABB up 1.2%

-Midcap stocks also rally; NSE CNX Midcap index up 1.3%

-Market breadth positive; NSE Advance:Decline ratio 8:3

-Total market turnover Rs 25,682.95 cr vs Rs 25,608.73 on Friday

The BSE IT Index gained 1.8% at 4,365.01. Patni Computer, TCS, Satyam, Infosys and Hexaware Tech moved northwards on the bourses.

The BSE Auto Index rose 1.8% at 5,143.12. TVS Motor, Cummins, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland and Maruti Udyog were among the gainers.

The BSE Capital Goods Index rose 1.6% at 7,918.45. KEC Infrastructure, Gammon India, Praj Industries, Lakshmi Machine and HEG closed higher.

The BSE Oil and Gas Index gained 1.2% at 5,755.11. HPCL, Chennai Petro, BPCL, IOC and Petronet LNG rose higher.
The BSE Bankex was up 1.1% at 5,444.60. Federal Bank, Karnataka Bank, Canara Bank, IOB and ICICI Bank moved upwards.
The BSE Metal Index gained 0.9% at 8,232.36. Welspun Guj, Jindal Saw, JindalStainless, Sterlite Ind and Hind Zinc witnessed selling pressure.

The BSE FMCG Index closed was up 0.8% at 2,050.89. Dabur India, McDowell, HLL, Shaw Wallace and P & G closed in green.
The BSE Health Care Index gained 0.7% at 3,636.04. Divis Labs, Pfizer, Wyeth, Aurobindo Pharma and Aventis Pharma gained.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 5677 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 17141.81 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 2864.14 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 25682.95 crore.

F&O

Turnover at Rs 17141.81 cr

Nifty at 1 point premium

Nifty Futures add 18 lakh shares;

Top Traded: RPL;TVS Motor;Ashok Leyland;IVRCL;Hindalco;ITC

Essar Oil adds 7 lakh shares in OI

Hindalco adds 6 lakh shares in OI

HLL adds 5 lakh shares in OI

ITC adds 12 lakh shares in OI

IVRCL adds 15 lakh shares in OI

Reliance Capital adds 11 lakh shares in OI

RPL adds 25 lakh shares in OI