New Delhi: The markets ended the day on a flat note after opening the in red. The frontline indices ended flat but the mid cap index outperformed the broader markets.
The turnover volumes were not very convincing but the breadth was in favour of advances.
IT stocks were among the major losers ahead of the results followed by banking. Giving strength at the lower levels were FMCG and metal stocks. HLL and ITC were the top performers.
Oil stocks like HPCL, BPCL did well as crude oil prices showed weakness. Mid cap stocks like SRF, LML, Indiabulls Real estate, BOI, IDFC, Prism Cement, Nagarjuna Fertilisers were among the gainers.
Capital goods, auto and bank index ended with marginal gains but IT index ended in deep red. FMCG and metal index outperformed.
Sensex closed up 11.80 points or 0.09 per cent at 13189.54, and the Nifty up 4.65 points or 0.12 per cent at 3848.15.
About 1544 shares have advanced, 989 shares declined, and 67 shares are unchanged.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,461.51 up 42 points or 0.77 per cent. The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 6,656.74 up 71 points or 1.08 per cent.
The BSE Bankex was up 0.27 per cent at 6,598.59. Bank of India, Federal Bank, Andhra Bank, HDFC Bank moved upwards.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 0.3 per cent at 9,239.97.
Crompton Greave, Praj Industries, Carborundum, Aban Offshore, BHEL closed higher.
The BSE Health Care Index was up 0.4 per cent at 3,701.46. Sun Pharma, Ranbaxy Labs, GlaxoSmithKline, Matrix Lab, Divis Labs closed higher.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 8432.26 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 22046.34 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 4190.71 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 34669.31 crore.
(With agency inputs)
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