The markets ended higher for the second day during the week on the back of broad based buying seen in scrips across sectors. Banking stocks led the rally followed by IT and auto stocks.
The Sensex closed up 151.35 points or 1.10% at 13859.69, and the Nifty up 33.75 points or 0.86% at 3974.25.
About 1325 shares have advanced, 1242 shares declined, and 92 shares are unchanged.
The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 6,839.36 up 33.80 points or 0.5%.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,744.10 up 46 points or 0.8%.
The BSE Bankex was up 1.9% at 7,080.55. IOB, Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank, Allahabad Bank, ICICI Bank moved upwards.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 0.1% at 9,043.47. KEC Infrastruct, Bharat Elec, Greaves Cotton, Crompton Greave, Praj Industries closed higher.
The BSE Health Care Index was up 1% at 3,822.65. Divis Labs, Ipca Labs, Cadila Health, Lupin, Biocon closed higher.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index gained 0.7% to close at 6,237.00. GAIL, IOC, BPCL, Reliance, HPCL ended in green
The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,493.00 up 1.1%. Sundaram-Clayto, Punj Tractors, Bharat Forge, Tube Investment, Sundram and Tata Motors ended higher
The BSE Metal Index was up 0.3% to close at 5,289.03. Mah Seamless, Welspun Guj, Tata Steel, SAIL, Hindalco closed in green.
The BSE IT Index gained 1.8% at 5,289.03. Hexaware Tech, I-Flex Solution, Satyam, Wipro Infosys advanced.
The BSE FMCG Index gained 0.4% at 1,942.71. Colgate, ITC, United Spirits, Britannia ended in green.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 7071.35 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 40561.25 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 3648.01 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 51280.61 crore.
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