Post Session Market Commentary

The BSE Sensex ended the session on a positive inspiring note as it increased by 181.42 points to close at 15,092.04 while Nifty grew by 59 points to close at 4,446.15. Of the 2,713 stocks actively traded on BSE, 1,790 stocks advanced while 861 stocks declined. The BSE Mid cap and Small cap closed higher by 78.29 points and 140.70 points at 6,782.69 and 8,215.56 respectively.

BSE Auto Index increased by 86.27 points to close at 5,006.55 as Bajaj Auto (3.11%), M&M (2.86%), Maruti Udyog (2.70%), Tata Motors (1.02%) and Hero Honda (0.52%) closed in green.

BSE Capital goods index surged by 184.82 points to close at 12,940.79 as BHEL (4.12%), Siemens (3.64%), ABB (2.80%) and BEML (0.82%) closed higher.

BSE bankex index increased by 126.73 points to close at 8,215.51 as HDFC bank (4.42%), PNB (2.03%), BOB (1.84%), ICICI bank (1.34%), SBI (0.98%) and UTI bank (0.47%), closed in green.

BSE Metal index surged by 370.40 points to close at 11,475.26 as Hindalco (7.03%), Sterlite industries (5.27%), SAIL (4.79%), Jindal steel (3.53%), Tata Steel (2.56%) and Nalco (2.51%) closed in positive.

BSE IT index increased marginally by 1.29 points to close at 4,870.06 as TCS (1.25%) and Wipro (0.20%) closed higher while HCL tech (0.97%), Infosys (0.41%) and Satyam (0.25%) closed in red.

BSE Health Care Index grew by 37.50 points to close at 3,868.29 Glaxosmithkline (1.73%), Sun pharma (1.05%), Cipla (0.87%) and Ranbaxy (0.42%) closed higher.

BSE FMCG index increased by 13.37 points to close at 1,857.37 as Tata tea (1.76%), HUL (1.66%), Dabur (0.63%) and ITC (0.16%) closed in green.

BSE oil & gas index grew by 60.65 points to close at 7,682.19 as Reliance Petroleum (2.79%), GAIL (1.29%) and HPCL (1.07%) closed in green while BPCL (1.04%), ONGC (0.95%) and IPCL (0.13%) closed in red.