Nifty Junior had blown out the lights and the index was up over 4%. Midcap index is up 2.7% and smallcap index is up 3%. The rally was seen despite some sell off seen in Asia markets.
Mukta Arts, Manugraph Ind, Rohit Ferro Tec, Gwalior Chem, Suryalakshmi Co were the smallcap performers locked in upper circuit each up 20%.
Among the block deals Centurion BoP, Reliance Infra and Suzlon Energy saw some block deal.
Auto, power, realty, cement and metal stocks were buzzing.
Gainers in the midcap space were Exide Industrie, Nirma, FDC, Sun Pharma Adv, Vijaya Bank, Centurion Bank, Alok Industries, Blue Dart, UB Holdings.
Midcap banking space was also very active and is trading with good gains. Centyrion BoP was up over 14% and Vijaya Bank up over 13%.
Among the frontliners Bajaj Auto, ONGC, Cipla, Siemens, Suzlon Energy were the top gainers.
Bank pivotals like ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank were seeing some profit booking along with the oil refinery duo of BPCL and HFCL. FMCG major ITC was also trading weak.
Sensex was down 65.00 points or 0.33% at 19633.36, and the Nifty up 0.80 points or 0.01% at 5907.65.
About 2305 shares have advanced, 715 shares declined, and 45 shares are unchanged.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 8,730.82 up 2.6%.
The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 10,672.89 up 2.8%.
The BSE Bankex was down 1% at 10,920.67. Top losers were HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and SBI. Midcap bank stocks were on fire with CBoP up 14%, Vijaya Bank up 13.8%.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 1% at 20,806.42. Triveni Engg, AIA Engineering, Siemens, Crompton Greave, Thermax, Punj Lloyd closed higher.
The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,413.24 up 2.5%. Apollo Tyres, Escorts, TVS Motor, Exide Ind, Ashok Leyland closed higher.TVS Motor up 12%, Escorts up 12%, Ashok Leyland up 6.7%, LML locked at 5%.
The BSE Metal Index closed at 17,668.86 up 1%. Jindal Steel, JindalStainless, Tata Steel, SAIL, Hind Zinc closed higher.
The BSE FMCG Index closed at 2,224.86 down 0.2%. ITC and GlaxoSmith Cons were each down over 3%.
BSE Oil and Gas Index closed flat at 12,467.50. HPCL, BPCL, IOC, Reliance Petro ended lower but Essar Oil up 6%, Chennai up 4.3%.
The BSE IT Index was at 4,634.64 up 0.4%. Tech Mahindra, I-Flex Solution, Patni Computer, HCL Tech closed higher.
Sugar stocks saw heavy buying; Balrampur was up 11%, Triveni up 19%, Bajaj Hindusthan up 6%
Total market turnover at Rs 78,490 crore Versus Rs 89,336 crore in last trading session.
Source:moneycontrol.com