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The markets closed the week on a positive note with broad based buying seen in frontliners and significant buying in midcap stocks. The Sensex was up 64.80 points or 0.55% at 11918.65, and the Nifty up 16.90 points or 0.49% at 3471.45.
About 1527 shares have advanced, 970 shares declined, and 71 shares are unchanged.
The BSE Small Cap Index ended up 1.33% at 6031.23.
The BSE Midcap Index gained 1.11% at 5041.35.
Most of the BSE sectoral indices closed in the positive terrain.
The BSE Auto Index gained 1.20% at 5,207.02. Exide Industrie, Apollo Tyres, Punj Tractors, Hero Honda, MRF and Maruti Udyog were among the gainers.
The BSE Capital Goods Index surged 0.71% at 8,079.73.Ingersoll Rand, KEC Infrastruct, HEG, BHEL, SKF India closed higher.
The BSE Metal Index gained 0.61%at 8,626.27. Welspun Guj, Hind Zinc, Hindalco, NALCO, Jindal Saw and Tata Steel witnessed buying interest.
The BSE FMCG flared 0.98 % at 2,035.76. McDowell, Nirma, Colgate, HLL, ITC closed in green.
The BSE Health Care gained 0.95% at 3,632.84. Pfizer, Glenmark, Orchid Chemical, Ranbaxy Labs, GlaxoSmithKline gained.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index spurted 0.45% at 5,742.68. Chennai Petro, BPCL, MRPL, HPCL and IOC rose higher.
The BSE Bankex was end with marginal gained 0.03% at 5,361.99. Oriental Bank, IOB, Karnataka Bank, Allahabad Bank, Andhra Bank moved upwards.
The BSE IT Index lost 0.19 % to close at 4,272.97.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 7259.64 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 23459.44 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 3486.93 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 34206.01 crore.
Markets Today:
Markets end firm led by strong buying in mid cap space
Sensex up 64.80 points at 11918.65; Nifty up 16.90 points at 3471.45
BSE Auto Index up 1.20%; Hero Honda up 3.5%, Maruti up 3%
BSE FMCG Index up nearly 1%; HLL, ITC up over 1% each
BSE Healthcare Index up nearly 1%; Dishman up 7.1%, Glenmark up 3%
CNX Midcap Index up 1.32%; Hotel Leela up 18.7%, Exide Ind up 17.3%
BSE Small Cap Index up 1.33%; ITI up 14%, Shree Digvijay Cem up 9.8%
NSE Advance Decline ratio at 2:1
Total market trunover at Rs 34206.01cr Vs Rs 31702.88 on Thursday
F&O UPDATE
Turnover at Rs 23459.44 cr
Nifty Futures at a 6 pt discount
Top Traded: Indus Ind Bank;Hindalco;RIL;ITC;Essae Oil;IPCL;Ashok Leyland
Nifty Futures add 27 lakh shares in OI
Ashok Ley,IPCL adds 6-7 lakh shares in Oi
Essar Oil adds 9 lakh shares in OI
RIL adds 26 lakh shares in OI
Tata Motors adds 5 lakh shares in OI
TVS sheds 7 lakh shares in OI
VSNL adds 6 lakh shares in OI
Hindalco adds 15 lakh shares in OI
HLL adds 8 lakh shares in OI
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