Post Session Market Commentary

The market ended the trading session on a negative note. The BSE Sensex ended with a decline of 320.30 points at 13,908.58 while Nifty closed at 4083.50 down by 94.35 points Of the 2,573 stocks traded on BSE 1704 declined while 804 advanced. The BSE Mid cap and Small cap closed lower by 54.50 points and 75.84 points to settle at 5733.53 and 6941.48.

BSE Metal index declined by 231.16 points to close at 9726.49 as Tata Steel (4.07%), Nalco (2.17%), SAIL (1.31%) and Hindalco (0.40%) ended in red.

BSE bank index dropped by 169.81 points to close at 7086.88 as SBI (4.12%), IDBI Bank (3.05%), ICICI Bank (3.15%), PNB (2.20%)and HDFC bank (1.36%) ended in red.

BSE Auto Index closed lower by 34.33 points at 4944.55 as Tata Motors (2.40%), Hero Honda (1.93%), Bajaj (1.40%), M&M (0.32%) and Maruti (0.23%) ended in red.

BSE Health Care Index closed at 3696.05 down by 151.05 points as Cipla (14.27%), Sun Pharma (3.25%), GSK (3.22%), Dr.Reddy (0.73%) and Ranbaxy (0.59%) ended in red.

BSE oil & gas index closed at 7077.96 plunged by 222.11 points as ONGC (3.23%), IPCL (2.82%), HPCL (1.74%) and BPCL (0.40%) closed in red while IOCL 1.94% and RPL 1.34% ended in green.

BSE IT index closed at 4953.94 down by 4.70 points as Infosys (0.54%) and TCS (0.41%) ended in red while Satyam 1.52%, Wipro 0.52% and HCL Tech. 0.12% closed in green.

BSE FMCG index closed at 1821.21 down by 21.09 points as Dabur (3.16%), HLL (2.42%) and ITC (0.43%) ended in red.

BSE Capital goods index closed lower by 68.14 points at 9824.09 as L&T (1.48%) and BHEL (0.89%) ended in red while Siemens 1.55%, and ABB 1.13% ended in green.