The markets ended in deep red on account of selling seen in index pivotals. Selling pressure was seen in banking, capital goods, pharma and IT stocks. However, some buying was seen in select consumer durables and oil & gas stocks.
The Sensex closed down 85.82 points or 0.63% at 13,566.33, and the Nifty down 22.00 points or 0.56% at 3,911.4. About 1243 shares have advanced, 1363 shares declined, and 50 shares are unchanged.
The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 7,211.89 down 39 points down 0.5%. The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,882.31 down 30 points or 0.5%. The BSE FMCG Index closed flat at 1,849.68. Shaw Wallace, Nirma, United Spirits, P&G, Britannia closed in red.
The BSE Metal Index was down 0.5% to close at 8,775.22. Welspun Guj, Guj NRE Coke, Tata Steel, SAIL, Sterlite Ind were among the losers. The BSE Bankex was down 0.9% at 7,016.63. Bank of India, Oriental Bank, Bank of Baroda, IOB, SBI moved downwards.
The BSE Health Care Index was down 0.9% at 3,791.33. Divis Labs, Ipca Labs, Glenmark, FDC, Dr Reddys Labs, Nicholas Piramal closed lower. The BSE Capital Goods Index was down 1.4% at 8,976.16. KEC Infrastruct, Alstom Projects, Crompton Greave, L&T, Praj Industries ended lower
The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,485.34 down 0.8%. Sundram, Hind Motors, Tata Motors, Punj Tractors, Apollo Tyres were among the losers. The BSE IT Index closed at 5,160.61 down 0.9%. Satyam, HCL Info, Moser Baer, Mphasis ended weak. The BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 6,319.82 up 0.5%.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 8793.03 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 28151.8 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 5143.49 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 42088.32 crore.
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