Post Session Market Commentary

Market closed in green after witnessing higher volatility. Overall market breadth was positive as 1145 stocks advanced and 961 stocks declined on BSE. BSE Sectoral indices closed in green except BSE FMCG index.

BSE sensex closed at 12902.63 up by 17.64 points and Nifty was up by 16.60 points to close at 3734.60. BSE mid cap was up by 48.06 points to close at 5,276.50 and BSE small cap was up by 66.60 points to close at 6317.65.

BSE Capital goods index surged 143.60 points at 8745.90 as Siemens (0.36%), ABB (1.54%) and BHEL (0.35%) ended higher.

BSE auto index closed at 4898.08, up by 54.43 points as Bajaj Auto, M&M and Tata motors ended in green.

BSE Metal index closed 48.99 points up at 8141.08 as NALCO (1.25%), Tata Steel (1.06%) and SAIL (0.72%) ended in green.

BSE IT index closed 28.57 points up at 5002.78 as TCS, Satyam and Wipro advanced.

BSE bank index gained 18.17 points at 6469.41: OBC (2.41%), HDFC (1.21%) and ICICI Bank (1.18%) ended in positive territory.

BSE oil & gas index added 28.56 points at 6147.03 as HPCL, BPCL, and ONGC ended in green.

BSE health cares index closed 27.62 points up at 3490.40 as CIPLA, Sun pharma and GSK closed in green.

BSE FMCG index tumbled 23.84 point at 1665.03 as Dabur (1.50%) and ITC (3.60%) closed in red.