Post Session Market Commentary

The market ended the trading session on a positive note. The BSE Sensex grew by 11.11 points to 14,228.88 while Nifty closed up by 10.55 points at 4177.85. Of the 2,610 stocks traded on BSE 1049 advanced, 1482 declined. The BSE Mid cap closed down by 17.30 points to settle at 5788.03 while BSE small cap declined by 57.69 points to close at 7,017.32.BSE Metal index declined by 62.06 points to close at 9957.65 as Tata Steel (1.81%), Nalco (0.90%), Hindalco (0.70%) and SAIL (0.04%) ended in red.BSE bank index grew 19.34 points at 7256.69 as SBI 0.61%, PNB 0.51%, BOI 0.30% and ICICI Bank 0.21% closed in green whereas IDBI (1.58%) and HDFC bank (0.09%) ended in red.BSE Auto Index closed higher by 37.08 points at 4978.88 as Bajaj 2.23%, Tata Motors 1.07%, M&M 0.35% and Maruti (0.98%) ended in green whereas Hero Honda (1.05%) ended in red.BSE Health Care Index closed at 3847.10 up by 15.58 points as Dr.Reddy 1.80%, Sun Pharma 0.71% and GSK 0.64% ended in green while Cipla (0.36%) ended in red.BSE oil & gas index closed at 7300.07 down by 3.20 points as ONGC (0.90%) closed in red while RPL 1.61%, BPCL 0.96%, IOCL 0.88%, IPCL 0.71% and HPCL 1.24% ended in green.BSE IT index closed at 4958.64 down by 3.08 points as Satyam (1.39%) and HCL Tech. (1.32%) closed in red while Wipro 0.73%, TCS 0.30% and Infosys 0.38% managed to register gains.BSE FMCG index closed at 1842.30 up by 4.59 points as HLL 1.52% and ITC 0.19% ended in green while Dabur (0.51%) closed in red.