Post Session Market Commentary

The BSE Sensex ended the session on a positive note as it closed higher by 76.98 points at 15,776.31 while Nifty increased by 30.3 points to close at 4619.80. Of the 2,656 stocks actively traded on BSE, 1,532 stocks advanced while 1,056 stocks declined. The BSE Mid cap and Small cap closed higher by 35.30 points and 89.50 points at 6,790.50 and 8,145.86 respectively.

BSE Auto Index increased by 73.64 points to close at 5,096.44 as Maruti Udyog (3.88%), Mahindra and Mahindra (2.36%), Bajaj Auto (1.96%), Hero Honda (1.18%) and Tata Motors (0.65%) closed in green.

BSE Capital goods index decreased by 181.77 points to close at 13,247.03 as BHEL (1.93%), L&T (1.20%), ABB (0.26%) and Siemens (0.22%) closed in positive.

BSE bankex index closed lower by 98.84 points at 8,185.52 as PNB(5%), HDFC bank (1.82%), ICICI bank (1.50%), Andhra bank (1.41%), SBI (1.11%) and BOB (1.08%) closed in red.

BSE Metal index slipped by 21.35 points to close at 12,139.71 as Hind Zinc (1.89%), sterlite industries (1.88%) Tata steel (0.85%) and Hindalco industries (0.25%) closed lower while Nalco (2.04%) and SAIL (1.63%) closed in higher.

BSE IT index grew by 94.45 points to close at 5,001.24 as TCS (3.15%), Wipro (2.55%), Infosys (2.26%), HCL tech (1.81%) and Satyam (1.58%) closed in green.

BSE Health Care Index increased by 55.50 points to close at 3,788.36 as Ranbaxy labs (9.49%), Cipla (3.98%) and Dr Reddy lab (0.11%) closed in green.

BSE FMCG index advanced by 14.73 points to close at 1,930.08 as Dabur (3.52%), HUL (1.36%) and ITC (0.45%) closed higher.

BSE oil & gas index closed higher by 122.11 points at 8,325.19 as HPCL (2.20%), Reliance industries (1.98%), IPCL (1.37%), ONGC (1.25%) and BPCL (1.05%) closed higher.