Sensex gains 117 points to 13,731

The markets had a fairly volatile session after languishing in the negative terrain for most of the day they ended near the highest points of the day.

Buying was seen in scrips from oil & gas auto, power, auto and pharma sector.

The Sensex closed up 116.57 points or 0.86% at 13,731.09, and the Nifty up 40.10 points or 1.03% at 3,928.75.

About 1277 shares have advanced, 1202 shares declined, and 83 shares are unchanged.

The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 6,706.62 up 38 points or 0.6%.

The BSE Midcap Index ended flat at 5,664.23.

The BSE Bankex was up 0.9% at 7,057.30. UTI Bank, Karnataka Bank, Bank of India,  ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank moved upwards.

The BSE IT Index gained 0.4% at 5,204.07.   Mphasis BFL, Wipro, Moser Baer, HCL Info, TCS, HCL Tech advanced.

The BSE Metal Index traded flat at 8,806.26. Welspun Guj, Sterlite Ind, Hind Zinc, Mah Seamless, Sesa Goa ended higher.

The BSE Health Care Index closed was up 1% at 3,739.30.  Sterling Bio, Ranbaxy Labs, Divis Labs, GlaxoSmithKline,  Glenmark, Pfizer closed higher.

The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,316.79 up 1.03%.  Tata Motors, MRF,  Hero Honda, Ashok Leyland, Maruti Udyog moved higher.

The BSE Oil and Gas Index gained 3% to close at 6,151.24. ONGC, GAIL, Reliance, IOC ended in green.

The BSE Capital Goods Index was down 0.3% at 9,195.57. BHEL, Lakshmi Machine, Crompton Greave, Alfa Laval closed lower.

The BSE FMCG Index lost 0.2% at 1,949.17.  Nirma,  Nestle, Tata Tea, Dabur India closed in red.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 8211.22 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 34653.82 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 3430.6 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 46295.64 crore.

Markets today

• Market bonces back from day's low; led by oil & gas stocks
• Sensex up 0.86% or 116.57 points at 13731; recovers 314.69 points from day's low at 13416.4
• Nifty up 1% or 40.10 points at 3928.75; recovers 100 points from days low at 3828.15
• BSE Oil & Gas Index up 3%; ONGC up 4.7%, RIL up 2.84% on gas find
• Power stocks in focus; Tata Power up 5.8%; lowest bidder for Mundra project at Rs 2.26/unit
• Lanco Infra up 6.77%; lowest bidder for Sasan project at Rs 1.19/unit
• BSE Auto, Healthcare Indices up 1% each
• Tata Mot up 3.6%, Hero Honda up 2.7%, Ranbaxy up 4.35, Divi's Lab up 4.3%
• CNX Midcap Index ends flat; midcap IT stocks gain
• Polaris up 7.8%, Mphasis up 4.24%, HCL Info up 3.2%
• BSE Small-Cap Index up 0.58%
• Zee Entertainment: demerged entity closes at Rs 272.35 Vs listing price of Rs 275 on NSE
• New Listing: LT Overseas closes at Rs 55 Vs listing price of Rs 60.55 on BSE
• Re-listing: Nicco Corporation closes at Rs 21.9 Vs listing price of Rs 17.05 on NSE
• NSE Advance Decline at 4:5
• Total market turnover at Rs 46295.64 cr Vs Rs 41820.16 cr on Friday

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