The markets after breaching some important levels retraced back giving up some of the gains that it made during the day. The bulls were holding strong for major part of the day but the bears attacked during the lat half an hour snatching away the gains.
The Sensex after trading above the 11000 level for major part of the day closed at 10,923.16 up 47 points. The Nifty was ruling above 3200 mark during the day but closed with marginal gains of 8 points to close at 3190.
The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 5,238.55, up 60.64 points or 1.17% .
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 4,373.97, up 35.85 points or 0.83%.
The BSE sectoral indices closed mixed. Select banking and auto stocks witnessed moderate buying.
Markets today
Markets off day's high on profit booking
Nifty future discount at 28 points Vs 10 points on Wednesday
Sensex up 46.97 points at 10923.16; crosses 11,000 during the day
Nifty ends almost flat at 3190; crosses 3200 during the day
BSE Bank Index up 1.30%; HDFC up 2.83%, HDFC Bank up 2.2%, ICICI Bank up 1.4%
BSE Auto Index up 0.82%; Tata Motors, Bajaj Auto, Maruti hold firm
BSE Healthacre Index up 0.61%; Ranbaxy up 3.87%, Pfizer up 2.6%
BSE FMCG Index down 0.94%; HLL, ITC down over 1%
CNX Midcap Index up 0.51% at 3925.95
Balrampur Chini up 8.55% on partial lifting of ban on sugar exports
BSE Small Cap Index outrperfroms, up 1.17%; sugar stocks gain
K M Sugar up 16.23%, Dwarikesh Sugar up 13.17%
NSE Advance Decline ratio at 3:2
Total markert turnover at Rs 29792.72 cr Vs Rs 24089.35 cr on Wednesday
The BSE Bankex gained 1.3% at 4,845.51. Allahabad Bank, Bank of India, Vijaya Bank and HDFC Bank were among top losers.
The BSE Consumer Durables Index gained 1.4% at 2,771.74. Whirlpool, Su-Raj Diamonds, Titan Industries and BPL gained ground.
The BSE Health care index closed up 0.6% at 3,256.26. Wyeth, Ranbaxy Labs, Pfizer and FDC closed in the positive terrain.
The Auto index closed at 4,573.03 up 0.8%. MRF, Amtek Auto, Exide Industrie and Apollo Tyres closed higher.
The BSE IT Index was up 0.5% at 4,010.83. Hexaware Tech, Patni Computer, HCL Tech and Satyam closed green.
The BSE FMCG Index closed down 0.94% at 1,886.93. HLL, Colgate, ITC, McDowell and Tata Tea closed in red.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index closed down 0.42% at 5,082.03. GAIL, MRPL, ONGC and BPCL slipped .
The BSE Metal Index was down 0.3% at 7,853.75. Jindal Steel, Sesa Goa, Nalco and JSW Steel closed lower
The BSE Capital Goods Index closed flat at 7,184.16.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 6358.28 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 20502.68 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 2931.76 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 29792.72 crore.
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