Post Session Market Commentary

The BSE Sensex ended the session on a positive inspiring note as it grew by 180.68 points to close at 15,272.72 while Nifty grew by 58.4 points to close at 4,504.55. Of the 2,735 stocks actively traded on BSE, 1,148 stocks advanced while 1,534 stocks declined. The BSE Mid cap and Small cap closed higher by 12.61 points and 0.58 points at 6,795.30 and 8,216.14 respectively.

BSE Auto Index increased by 51.90 points to close at 5,058.45 as Tata Motors (3.75%), M&M (2.72%), Maruti Udyog (0.65%) and Hero Honda (0.28%) closed higher while Bajaj Auto (0.92%) closed lower.

BSE Capital goods index grew by 118.39 points to close at 13,059.18 as BHEL (2.58%), Siemens (1.14%), L&T (0.95%) and ABB (0.67%) closed in green.

BSE bankex index increased by 66.24 points to close at 8,281.75 as Allahabad bank (3.27%), HDFC bank (2.48%), PNB (2.37%), Canara bank (1.52%) and ICICI bank (0.51%) closed in positive while SBI (0.22%) closed in negative.

BSE Metal index surged by 525.64 points to close at 12,000.90 as SAIL (10.49%), Hind Zinc (7.99%), Hindalco (5.99%), Nalco (3.78%), Sterlite industries (3.53%), Tata Steel (3.35%) and Jindal steel (1.23%) closed in positive.

BSE IT index increased by 27.89 points to close at 4,897.95 as Satyam (2.82%), Infosys (0.96%) and Wipro (0.26%) closed higher while TCS (2.10%) and HCL tech (0.67%) closed lower.

BSE Health Care Index slipped by 19.64 points to close at 3,848.65 Dr Reddy (2.03%), Sun pharma (1.85%), Ranbaxy (1.48%), Glaxosmithkline (1.44%) and Cipla (1.01%) closed in red.

BSE FMCG index increased by 6.81 points to close at 1,864.18 as ITC (1.93%) and Tata tea (0.83%) closed higher while Dabur (1.67%) and HUL (1.51%) closed lower.

BSE oil & gas index advanced by 137.48 points to close at 7,819.67 as IPCL (2.81%), GAIL (1.22%), BPCL (1.02%), ONGC (0.85%) and HPCL (0.35%) closed in green.