The main losers on the Sensex were Tata Steel, Hero Moto, BHEL, ONGC & Maruti Suzuki.
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BSE auto index surged 2%, capital goods, healthcare and oil & gas indices also up.
Shares of rate sensitive sectors such as realty, infrastructure, banking and automobiles ended higher ahead of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mid-quarter policy review on June 17.
IT shares end higher while banks, realty and metal shares end on a weak note.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 90 points at 19,429 after hitting an intra-day low of 19,398 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 40 points at 5,881 after touching an intra-day low of 5,871.
BSE Healthcare, Oil & Gas, Consumer Durable, TECk, Power and Metal indices declined between 0.5-1%.
Oil & gas, banks and auto shares weigh on investor sentiments, IT stocks buck trend.
Broader markets end flat; Auto majors - Tata Motors, MnM lead gains while banks slip.
BSE Consumer Durable and Oil & Gas indices surged by nearly 3% each followed by counters like Metal, TECk, Power, Healthcare, Banks, Realty and IT, all gaining between 1-2% each.
Markets end four-day losing streak led by shares of private banks, rebound in L&T and Tata Steel.
Realty, Capital goods, Bankex among key draggers; HDFC and Sun Pharma bucks trend.
BSE Healthcare index slumped by nearly 2% followed by counters like Consumer Durable, Banks, Oil & Gas and PSU shares, all falling down by 1% each.
Late-recovery led by rate sensitives and capital good stocks; banks shares slip on profit booking.
Profit booking in IT, FMCG shares take index lower; Realty and banking stocks hold on to gains.
Investors booked profits after sharp gains last week which pushed the Sensex above 20,000 and the Nifty above 6,000.
Broader markets underperform while weakness persisted in metal and power shares.
IT shares gain, followed by Power and PSU; Weakness noticed in Oil & gas space.
BSE Metal, IT and Consumer Durable indices surged by nearly 2% each. However, BSE FMCG index declined by nearly 1%.
The Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-share Sensex closed at 19,504 up 117 points. The National Stock Exchange's 50-share S&P CNX Nifty closed up 26 points at 5,930.
The broader markets gained mid-caps and small-caps rising 0.3-0.4% on the BSE.
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