Post Session Market Commentary

The BSE Sensex ended the session on a positive note as it increased by 73.51 points to close at 14,504.57 while Nifty grew by 18.05 points to close at 4,282. Of the 2,654 stocks actively traded on BSE, 1,440 stocks advanced while 1,140 stocks declined. The BSE Mid cap and Small cap closed up by 33.19 points and 48.26 points at 6,458 and 7,662.10 respectively.

BSE Auto Index fell 32.06 points to close at 4,714.18 as M&M (1.79%), Bajaj Auto (1.75%), Tata Motors (1.03%) and Maruti Udyog (0.25%) closed in red.

BSE Capital goods index grew by 83.50 points to close at 12,071.55 as BHEL (1.70%), L&T (0.36%) and Siemens (0.16%) closed in green while ABB (78.33%)and Suzlon energy (3.59%) closed in red.

BSE bankex index increased by 34.20 points to close at 7,786.72 as BOI (2.13%), SBI (1.60%), ICICI bank (0.48%), Union bank (0.27%), HDFC bank (0.14%) and BOB (0.13%) closed higher.

BSE Metal index closed at 10,634.50 decreased by 51.09 points as Sterlite industries (0.86%), Hindalco (0.62%) and Tata Steel (0.54%) closed in red while SAIL (0.73%) and Jindal Saw (0.61%) closed in green.

BSE IT index decreased marginally by 1.85 points to close at 4,841.62 as HCL tech (1.08%), Wipro (1.04%) and TCS (0.34%) closed higher while Infosys (0.53%) closed lower.

BSE Health Care Index closed lower by 15.67 points at 3,765.87 as Novartis (3.33%), Aventis pharma (1.58%) and Cipla (1.14%) closed lower while Ranbaxy labs (1.52%) and Glaxosmithkline (0.24%) closed higher.

BSE FMCG index closed marginally up by 6.38 points at 1,822.70 as Tata tea (1.53%), Dabur (1.12%) and ITC (0.94%) closed in positive while and HLL (0.73%) closed in negative.

BSE oil & gas index decreased by 17.57 points to close at 7,599.15 as ONGC (1.62%) and IPCL (0.48%) closed in negative while GAIL (2.68%), Reliance petroleum (2.11%), BPCL (1.77%) and IOCL (1%) closed in positive.