End Session Market Commentary

The BSE Sensex ended the session on a positive note as it closed higher by 152.70 points at 15,138.40 while Nifty increased by 45.2 points to close at 4401.55. The BSE Mid cap and Small cap increased by 89.82 points and 86.08 points to close at 6,605.24 and 7,891.54 respectively. Of the 2,606 stocks actively traded on BSE, 1,539 stocks advanced while 999 stocks declined.

BSE Capital goods index grew by 184.34 points to close at 12,976.28 as Siemens (3.79%), L&T (1.32%), BHEL (1.27%) and ABB (0.75%) closed in green.

BSE Metal index increased by 155.26 points to close at 11,324.63 as SAIL (3.34%), Tata steel (2%) and Hindalco industries (1.75%) closed higher while Nalco (0.28%) closed lower.

BSE oil & gas index advanced by 32.32 points at 7,808.34 as Reliance petroleum (3.14%), ONGC (1.15%), IOC (0.83%), GAIL (0.69%), HPCL (0.55%) and IPCL (0.15%) closed in green.

BSE bankex index closed higher by 101.71 points at 8,048.51 as SBI (2.72%), Canara bank (2.44%), HDFC (2.24%), ICICI bank (1.65%), Andhra bank (0.98%), Allahabad Bank (0.94%) and PNB (0.52%) closed higher.

BSE Auto Index increased by 49.57 points to close at 4,796.65 as Maruti Udyog (1.67%), Bajaj Auto (1.64%) Hero Honda (0.93%), Tata Motors (0.51%) and Mahindra and Mahindra (0.19%) closed in green.

BSE IT index grew by 55.19 points to close at 4,704.30 as Wipro (1.48%), Satyam (1.24%), Infosys (1.04%), HCL technologies (0.22%) and TCS (0.12%) closed in positive.

BSE Health Care Index closed up by 12.97 points at 3,628.45 as Sun pharma (1.60%) and Glennmark (0.81%) closed in green while Ranbaxy labs (1.40%), Dr Reddy lab (1.28%) and Glaxosmithkline (0.36%) closed in red.

BSE FMCG index closed higher by 24.78 points at 1,957.11 as HUL (1.54%) and and ITC (0.95%) closed higher while Dabur (0.25%) closed lower.