Markets ended with moderate gains on the auspicious occasion of Muhurat trading, the start of Samvat 2063. The Sensex closed up 27.42 points at 12,736.82. It has touched an intra day high 12,837.28 and and intra day low of 12,714.72.

The Nifty was up 6.65 points at 3683.5. It has touched an intra day high 3708.40 and and intra day low of 3662.85
About 1795 shares have advanced, 485 shares declined, and 48 shares are unchanged.
The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 6,485.09 up 99.05 points.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,363.90 up 61.81 points.
The BSE Auto index was up 0.33% at 5,332.19. Sundram, Exide [Get Quote] Industrie, MRF, MICO and Apollo Tyres [Get Quote] surged.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 0.79% at 8,513.66. Ingersoll Rand, Thermax, ABB, Crompton Greave and HEG gained.
The BSE FMCG Index was up 0.88% at 2,026.28. ITC, Britannia [Get Quote] and Nestle [Get Quote] advanced.
The BSE IT Index gained 0.52% at 4,791.96. I-Flex [Get Quote] Solution, Mphasis BFL and HCL [Get Quote] Info firmed.
The BSE Health Care Index advanced 0.48% at 3,649.67. Apollo Hospital, FDC, Biocon [Get Quote] and Pfizer [Get Quote] was up.
The BSE Metal Index moved up 0.68% at 9,045.66. Welspun Guj, Tata Steel [Get Quote], Guj NRE Coke and JSW gained.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index closed up 0.27% at 5,908.73. HPCL [Get Quote], BPCL [Get Quote], MRPL, Reliance Natural [Get Quote] and Chennai Petro moved up.
However, the BSE Bankex was down 0.2% at 6,205.21. Andhra Bank [Get Quote], IOB and Canara Bank [Get Quote] down.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 1589.54 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 5724.34 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 7313.88 crore.

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