Post Session Market Commentary

After witnessing volatile trade in morning session, market got momentum during mid session to close higher on back of buying interest seen across the index pivotals. Overall market breadth was positive as 1676 stocks advanced and 864 stocks declined on BSE. BSE Sectoral indices closed higher.

BSE Sensex closed at 13,072.10 up by 92.44 points and Nifty was up by 23.45 points to close at 3821.55. BSE mid cap was up by 64.95 points to close at 5384.12 and BSE small cap was up by 92.72 points to close at 6470.51.

BSE Health cares index surged 37.61 points to close at 3649.43 as Ranbaxy Labs (2.51%), Dr Reddy (2.62%), Sun pharma (4.24%)and GSK (3.92%) ended higher.

BSE Auto index weighed up 65.54 points to close at 4869.13 as Hero Honda (2.87%), M&M (2.78%) and Tata Motors (1.26%) advanced.

BSE Metal index soared 142.38 points at 8,488.44 as Tata Steel (2.47%), Hindalco (2.19%) and SAIL (2.32%) closed higher.

BSE FMCG index closed up 26.89 points at 1739.10 as ITC (2.76%) and Dabur (4.80%) closed in green.

BSE Capital goods index added 74.58 points at 9074.72 as Suzlon (1.53%), Siemens (1.49%) and ABB (1.63%) ended in green.

BSE bank index gained 34.36 points at 6542.01 as OBC, HDFC bank, and SBI ended in green.

BSE IT index closed 24.31 points up at 4899.39 as Infosys and Satyam ended in green.

BSE oil & gas index rose 27.67 points at 6419.18 as ONGC (0.59%) and RIL (1.09%) closed in green.