Sensex closes at 12,321, up 147 points

The markets closed in the positive terrain picking up momentum in the final hours of trade. The Sensex saw the highest ever close since May 11.

The Sensex closed up 147.28 points or 1.24% at 12321.19, and the Nifty up 48.30 points or 1.37% at 3571.75.

About 1166 shares have advanced, 1206 shares declined, and 110 shares are unchanged.

All the BSE sectoral indices were closed in green.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,018.59 up 0.41% 20.33 points.

The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 6,017.21 up 0.06% or 3.35 points.

The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,256.09 up 1.17% or 60.98 points. Asahi India, Tube Investment, Punj Tractors, Ashok Leyland and Maruti Udyog gained.

The BSE Bankex was up 1.97% or 111.77 points at 5,798.89. Canara Bank, SBI, ICICI Bank, Bank of India and Karnataka Bank closed in green.

The BSE Consumer Durable was up 1.39% or 41.90 points at 3,050.34. Titan Industries, Mirc Electronic, Samtel Color and Whirlpool moved up.

The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 0.97% or 78.30 points at 8,180.12. Alstom Projects, HEG, BHEL, Bharat Elec and Lakshmi Machine witnessed buying interest.

The BSE FMCG Index gained 0.50% or 10.18 points at 2,043.82. P&G, HLL, Dabur India and McDowell surged.

The BSE Health Care Index was up 0.60% or 21.67 points at 3,635.89. Sterling Bio, Apollo Hospital, Ranbaxy Labs and Divis Labs gained.

The BSE IT Index was surged 0.93% or 40.24 points at 4,389.61. Wipro, Mphasis BFL, TCS, Moser Baer, Hexaware Tech ended up.

The BSE Metal Index was up 0.48% or 39.66 points at 8,272.47. Sesa Goa, Hind Zinc, Tata Steel and SAIL moved up.

The BSE Oil and Gas Index gained 1.10% or 63.83 points at 5,863.54. Reliance Natural, GAIL, Reliance and ONGC flared up.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 7047.65 crore (Rs 70.47 billion) and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 33184 crore (Rs 331.84 billion). The BSE cash turnover was Rs 3477.85 crore (Rs 34.77 billion). Total market wide turnover was at Rs 43709.5 crore (Rs 437.09 billion).

Markets on Tuesday:

• Highest Closing For Sensex since May 11
• 7th Highest closing for Sensex ever
• Sensex up 1.21% or 147.28 points at 12321.19
• Nifty up 1.37% or 48.30 points at 3571.75
• All BSE Sectoral Indices end in the green
• BSE Bank Index up 1.94%; Basel II guidelines in couple of weeks
• SBI up 2.84%, ICICI Bank up 2.7%, PNB up 1.73%
• BSE Auto Index up 1.29%; Maruti up 2.13%, Hero Honda up 2%, Tata Mot, Bajaj Auto up over 1% each
• BSE IT Index up 0.98%; Wipro up 2.34%, TCS up 1.8%
• CNX Midcap Index up 0.78% at 4539.80
• Sterling Biotech up 16.4%, plans acquisition in china; Alstom Projects up 14.47%
• BSE Small-Cap Index ends marginally higher; auto pack gains
• LML up 19.7%, Rane Engine up 7.64%
• NSE Advance Decline ratio at 1:1
• Total market turnover at Rs 43709.5 cr (Rs 437.09 billion) Vs Rs 35082.99 cr (Rs 350.82 billion) on Monday

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