End Session Market Commentary

The BSE Sensex ended the session on a positive note as it closed higher by 290.08 points at 15,550.99 Nifty increased by 88.8 points to close at 4528.85. Of the 2,717 stocks actively traded on BSE, 1,706 stocks advanced while 937 stocks declined. The BSE Mid cap and Small cap closed higher by 99.09 points and 128.88 points at 6,718.08 and 8,070.63 respectively.

BSE Auto Index increased by 8.36 points to close at 4,933.83 as Bajaj Auto (2.95%) closed in green while Mahindra and Mahindra (3.11%), Hero Honda (1.86%), Tata Motors (1.12%) and Maruti Udyog (0.50%) closed in red.

BSE Capital goods index grew by 622.81 points to close at 13,321.78 as ABB (6.96%), L&T (6.58%), BHEL (5.33%) and Siemens (1.56%) closed higher.

BSE bankex index closed higher by 93.54 points at 8,148.68 as HDFC bank (3.35%), SBI (2.88%), PNB (1.94%), Allahabad bank (0.90%) and ICICI bank (0.38%) closed higher.

BSE Metal index advanced by 249.65 points to close at 11,630.92 as Sterlite industries (6.54%), Hind Zinc (5.94%), SAIL (2.56%), Hindalco industries (2.38%), Tata steel (1.25%) and Nalco (0.98%) closed in green.

BSE IT index increased by 16.73 points to close at 4,862.52 as HCL tech (2.16%), TCS (1.82%), Satyam (0.90%) and Wipro (0.39%) closed in positive while Infosys (0.55%) closed in negative.

BSE Health Care Index grew by 35.79 points to close at 3,718.26 as Ranbaxy labs (3.50%), Glennmark (1%), Cipla (0.98%) and Sun pharma (0.35%) closed higher while Dr Reddy lab (0.38%) closed lower.

BSE FMCG index advanced by 27.90 points to close at 1,973.16 as Dabur (2.15%) and ITC (2.03%) closed higher while HUL (1.15%) closed lower.

BSE oil & gas index closed higher by 149.75 points at 8,130.50 as BPCL (5.51%), Reliance industries (2.41%) and IPCL (2.12%) closed in green while GAIL (1.39%) and HPCL (0.41%) closed in red.