The markets were sluggish throughout the day witnessing choppy trades. The earnings season started today with Hero Honda declaring its first quarter results, which were below the market expectations.
The Sensex closed at 10,614.35 down 69.95 points and the Nifty closed at 3116 down 26 points.
The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 5,258.66, up 24 points.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 4,350.24, up 9 points.
Apart from the health care index, all the BSE sectoral indices closed in red. Stocks from auto, banking and metal sector were among the major laggards.
Markets Today
Markets end in red amid volatile trade
Sensex down 70 points at 10614.35; Nifty down 26 points at 3116.15
BSE Auto Index down 2.3% at 4619.20
Hero Honda down 6%; corporate earnings below street expectation
BSE Metal Index down 1.8%; SAIL, Hindalco, Tata Steel end week
Cement stocks hold firm; Guj Amb, Grasim, ACC gains over 1% each
CNX Midcap Index ends flat at 3897.20; cement pack gains
Shree Cement up 5%, Madras Cement up 4.8%
NSE Advance Decline ratio ends in favor of declines
Total market wide turnover at Rs 26007.47 cr Vs 28605.83 a day ago
The Auto index closed at 4,619.20 down 2.3%. Hero Honda, Bharat Forge, Tata Motors, Cummins, MICO, Tube Investment closed lower.
The BSE Metal Index lost 1.8% at 8,242.47. SAIL, Tata Steel, Hind Zinc, Hindalco, Welspun Guj and JSW Steel witnessed selling pressure.
The BSE Bankex was down 0.8% at 4,319.89. Allahabad Bank, HDFC Bank, Oriental Bank, ICICI Bank and Bank of Baroda were among the losers.
The BSE IT Index was down 0.6% at 3,798.12. TCS, HCL Tech, Mphasis BFL, HCL Info, Infosys and Moser Baer
moved down.
The BSE FMCG Index was down 0.4% at 1,940.57. Tata Tea, HLL, Colgate, Britannia, P&G and Nestle closed in red.
The BSE Capital Goods Index down 0.11% at 6,925.22. Lakshmi Machine, Aban LoydChiles, Ingersoll Rand, BEML, Gammon India closed lower.
The BSE Consumer Durables Index lost 0.17% at 2,776.61. BPL, Titan Industries and Su-Raj Diamonds
The BSE Oil and Gas Index closed flat at 5,258.161.
The BSE Health care index was up 1% at 3,143.94. Nicholas Piramal, Aurobindo Pharm, Cipla, Matrix Lab and Ipca Labs were among the gainers.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 4874.33 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 18725.75 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 2407.39 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 26007.47 crore.
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