Post Session Market Commentary

The BSE Sensex ended the session on a positive note as it grew by 13.75 points to close at 14,664.26 while Nifty slipped by 4.55 points to close at 4,313.75. Of the 2,687 stocks actively traded on BSE, 1,468 stocks advanced while 1,153 stocks declined. The BSE Mid cap and Small cap closed up by 64.32 points and 52.86 points at 6,591.35 and 7,783.26 respectively.

BSE Auto Index grew by 51.49 points to close at 4,791.06 as Maruti Udyog (3.80%), Tata Motors (2.14%), M&M (1.51%), Hero Honda (0.28%) are closed in green.

BSE Capital goods index surged by 129.79 points to close at 12,429.15 as ABB (1.78%) and L&T (1.77%) are closed in green whereas Siemens (0.72%) and BHEL (0.34%) are closed in red.

BSE bankex index decreased by 19.46 points to close at 7,990.48 as BOI (2.21%), PNB (2.12%) and ICICI bank (0.48%) are closed lower while SBI (0.36%) and HDFC bank (0.17%) are closed higher.

BSE Metal index closed at 10,560.32 down by 44.68 points as SAIL (2.06%), Hindalco (1.06%) and Tata Steel (0.61%) closed in red.

BSE IT index decreased by 3.46 points to close at 4,867.27 as HCL tech (2.25%), TCS (1.27%) Wipro (1.11%) and Infosys (0.70%) closed lower.

BSE Health Care Index closed up by 43.89 points at 3,849.59 as Ranbaxy labs (2.75%), Sun pharma (1.41%), Cipla (0.77%), and Dr Reddy (0.74%) closed higher.

BSE FMCG index closed marginally lower by 5.33 points at 1,824 as Dabur (0.73%) and ITC (0.45%) closed in negative while Tata tea (0.66%) and HLL (0.11%) closed in positive.

BSE oil & gas index decreased by 29.36 points to close at 7,597.30 as IPCL (1.84%) and ONGC (0.67%) closed lower while Reliance petroleum (3.11%), IOCL (2.43%), BPCL (0.90%) and GAIL (0.28%) closed higher.