Post Session Market Commentary

The BSE Sensex closed with a decline of 143.94 points at 13,934.27 while Nifty closed lower by 34.9 points at 4,115.95. Of the 2667 stocks traded on BSE, 1461 declined, 1118 advanced. The BSE Mid cap and Small cap closed lower by 3.09 points and 22.63 points to settle at 5863.16 and 7031.57 respectively.

BSE Metal index declined by 18.61 points to close at 9996.79 as Tata Steel (0.70%) and SAIL (0.96%) closed in red while Hindalco 1.54% ended in green.

BSE bank index down by 59.63 points to close at 6874.49 as PNB (1.36%) and ICICI Bank (1.92%) ended in red while SBI (0.58%) closed in green.

BSE Auto Index closed lower by 6.93 points at 5064.02 as Hero Honda (0.97%), M&M (0.33%) and Maruti (0.98%) ended in red.

BSE Health Care Index closed at 3745.36 grew by 0.33 points as GSK (0.42%), Dr.Reddy''s (0.30%) and Cipla (2.72%) closed in green.

BSE oil & gas index closed lower by 92.82 points at 7244.96 as BPCL (3.43%), IPCL (1.74%) and IOCL (1.43%) closed in red.

BSE IT index closed at 5082.21 down by 42 points as Satyam (1.70%), HCL Tech. (1.51%), TCS (1.23%) and Infosys (0.43%) closed in red.

BSE FMCG index closed higher by 0.42 points at 1811.51 as Dabur (0.26%) ended in green while ITC (0.46%) ended in red.

BSE Capital goods index closed at 9936.34 down by 126.89 points as L&T (2.50%) and BHEL (1.58%) closed in red.