The markets ended in green on the triple witching day showing some smooth and healthy rollovers. It was a choppy start but has gradually moved ahead to end at higher levels. Cues from Asia were posiitive with most of the markets Asia ending in green. Metal stocks were the star performers of the day with Tata Steel, Hindalco, Nalco being among the top gainers.
Also ahead there is SEBI's decision on participatory notes. Capital goods, metals and oil & gas stocks were attracting attention. IT, FMCG and auto stocks were subdued today.
Midcap index ended inline with the frontline indices and was up over 1.3% and the smallcap index was up 1.4%.
Sensex was up 257.98 points or 1.39% at 18770.89, and the Nifty up 72.80 points or 1.32% at 5568.95.
About 1729 shares have advanced, 1247 shares declined, and 80 shares are unchanged.
BSE metal index is up over 4%, followed by auto, capital goods, oil & gas and bankex.
FMCG, IT and pharma indices were trading weak in the negative terrain.
Top gainers on the indices are Tata Steel, Nalco, ICICI Bank, Maruti Suzuki, Hindalco, Reliance Energy, VSNL, BHEL, SAIL and SBI.
Top losers on the indices were Cipla, HCL Tech, Dr Reddys Labs, ONGC and HDFC Bank.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 7,750.93 up 1.3%.
The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 9,367.08 up 1.4%.
The BSE Bankex was up 3% at 9,924.11. Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank, PNB, Kotak Mahindra, Canara Bank moved upwards.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 1.2% at 17,314.13. Areva T&D, Bharat Bijlee, Triveni Eng, Bharat Elec, Punj Lloyd closed higher.
The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,503.58 up 2%. Tube Investment, Amtek Auto, MRF, Bharat Forge, Apollo Tyres, Punj Tractors closed higher.
The BSE Metal Index closed at 16,424.52 up 4%. Tata Steel, Jindal Steel, Sterlite Ind, NALCO, Sesa Goa closed higher.
The BSE FMCG Index closed flat at 2,134.75. Godrej Consumer, HUL, Marico, GlaxoSmith Con, Britannia closed higher.
BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 10,800.82 up 0.6%. Petronet LNG, BPCL, Reliance Petro, Reliance, GAIL ended higher.
The BSE IT Index was flat at 4,582.54. Satyam, Wipro, HCL Tech closed higher.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 23411.47 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 103930.17 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 8421.14 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 135762.78 crore.
Source:moneycontrol.com
