Post Session Market Commentary

The BSE Sensex ended the session on a positive note as it grew by 145.94 points to close at 14,650.51 while Nifty increased by 36.3 points to close at 4,318.30. Of the 2,680 stocks actively traded on BSE, 1,482 stocks advanced while 1,108 stocks declined. The BSE Mid cap and Small cap closed up by 69.03 points and 68.30 points at 6,527.03 and 7,730.40 respectively.

BSE Auto Index grew by 25.39 points to close at 4,739.57 as M&M (2.24%), Bajaj Auto (1.66%), Hero Honda (1.20%) and Tata Motors (0.72%) closed in green while Maruti Udyog (0.91%) closed in red.

BSE Capital goods index increased by 227.81 points to close at 12,299.36 as ABB (5.95%), BHEL (3.32%), L&T (1.96%), Suzlon energy (1.07%) and Siemens (0.17%0 closed in green.

BSE bankex index increased by 223.22 points to close at 8,009.94 as HDFC bank (4.75%), BOB (4.08%0, SBI (3.74%), BOI (3.35%), Union bank (2.96%) and ICICI bank (1.32%) closed higher.

BSE Metal index closed at 10,605 decreased by 29.50 points as Hindalco (5.21%) and SAIL (0.27%) closed in green while Sterlite industries (1.54%), and Tata Steel (0.70%) closed in green.

BSE IT index grew by 29.11 points to close at 4,870.73 as HCL tech (3.12%), TCS (1.10%) Wipro (0.65%) and Infosys (0.17%) closed higher.

BSE Health Care Index closed up by 39.83 points at 3,805.70 as Cipla (2.66%), Ranbaxy labs (2.01%), Sun pharma (0.64%) and Dr Reddy (0.18%) closed higher.

BSE FMCG index closed marginally up by 6.63 points at 1,829.33 as Tata tea (1.88%) closed in green while Dabur (1.11%) and ITC (0.26%) and HLL (0.26%) closed in red.

BSE oil & gas index increased by 27.51 points to close at 7,626.66 as BPCL (0.86%) and IPCL (0.31%) closed higher while GAIL (2.31%), IOCL (0.72%), ONGC (0.46%) and Reliance petroleum (0.18%) closed lower.