Post Session Market commentary

After opening on a positive note, the market was trading in green during the day. Finally, BSE Sensex closed at 12,624.58 with an incline of 169.21 points or 1.36%. The NSE Nifty advanced by 57.05 points (1.57%) to close at 3690.65. Overall, the market breadth was strong as 1308 stocks were closed in green whereas 980 were ended up in red zone in BSE.

BSE Mid cap and BSE Small cap indices followed the trend of benchmark index, as BSE mid cap grew by 22.59 points at 5,319.17 and the BSE small cap grew 65.34 points at 6,377.79.

BSE FMCG index closed at 1713.62 up by 1.33% as ITC advanced (1.43%) followed by HLL grew by (1.12%).

BSE Capital goods index inclined by 1.12% at 8718.07 as BHEL surged by (4.85%) which remained as the top gainer during the whole trading session.

BSE oil & gas index closed at 6287.21 up by 1.86% as ONGC grew up by (1.7%), RIL advanced by (1.9%).

BSE Metal index closed 1.08% up at 8219.63 as Tata Steel up by (1.16%) followed by Hindalco inclined by (1.02%).

BSE IT index closed 2.02% up at 4766.97 as Wipro up by (3.39%), Satyam advanced by (3.02%), Infosys surged by (2.33%), TCS up by (1.28%).

BSE bank index grew by 0.49% at 6182.44: HDFC bank and ICICI Bank ended in green by 1.26% and 0.34% respectively.

BSE Auto Index inclined by 0.93% at 4612.32 as Hero Honda motors up 3.39% followed by Tata motors up 1.16%.

BSE Health Care Index closed higher at 3574.65 with an incline of 0.59% as Ranbaxy up by (0.64%), Dr Reddy''s grew by (1.35%).