Indian marketscontinues totrade flat withpositive bias in post noon session on Wednesday. BSE Midcap and Smallcap outperformed the benchmark indices. Healthcare and auto stocks gained the most while capital goods and oil & gas declined.
At 1.16 pm, the Sensex was trading up 19.42 points or 0.11% at 18,450.27 with 18 components gaining. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading higher by 3.65 points or 0.07% at 5,601.55 with 27 components gaining.
The 30-share benchmark index, BSE Sensex opened flat with a rise of 5.94 points or 0.03% at 18,436.79, while the broad based NSE Nifty started with a fall of 1.15 points or 0.02%, at 5,596.75.
Sensex Movers
Tata Motors contributed rise of 8.98
points in the Sensex. It was followed by State Bank Of India (7.83
points), Maruti Suzuki India (7.32 points), Housing Development
Finance Corporation (6.61 points) and I C I C I Bank (6.04
points).
However, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation contributed fall of 16.3 points in the Sensex. It was followed by Hindustan Unilever (9.41 points), Larsen & Toubro (9.4 points), Bharat Heavy Electricals (2.86 points) and Reliance Infrastructure (2.22 points).
Biggest gainers in the 30-share index were Maruti Suzuki India (3.17%), Dr Reddy"S Laboratories (2.11%), Hindalco Industries (2.03%), Cipla (1.68%), Tata Motors (1.55%), and Wipro (1.53%).
On the other hand, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (2.38%), G A I L (India) (1.70%), Hindustan Unilever (1.35%), Bharat Heavy Electricals (1.18%), Jindal Steel & Power (1.08%), and Coal India (0.91%) were the biggest losers in the Sensex.
Mid & Small-cap Space
Sectors in Limelight
The HC index was at 7,593.72, up by 102.29 points or by 1.37%. The major gainers were Divis Laboratories (2.15%), Biocon (1.83%), Cipla (1.68%), Cadila Healthcare (0.81%) and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise (0.24%).
The Auto index was at 10,276.41, up by 126.51 points or by 1.25%. The major gainers were Maruti Suzuki India (3.17%), Tata Motors (1.55%), Mahindra & Mahindra (1.11%), Hero Motocorp (0.69%) and Bajaj Auto (0.49%).
The TECk index was at 3,316.55, up by 18.44 points or by 0.56%. The major gainers were Dish TV India (1.35%), Idea Cellular (1.3%), D B Corp (0.9%), Mphasis (0.86%) and Bharti Airtel (0.52%).
On the other hand, the Oil & Gas index was at 8,327.52, down by 52.57 points or by 0.63%. The major losers were G A I L (India) (1.7%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation (0.61%), Gujarat State Petronet (0.53%), Cairn India (0.28%) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (0.17%).
Market Breadth
Market breadth was negative with 1,186 advances against 1,379 declines.
Value and Volume Toppers
State Bank Of India topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 690.95 million. It was followed by United Spirits (Rs. 340.56 million), Reliance Capital (Rs. 299.48 million) and Maruti Suzuki India (Rs. 272.95 million).
The volume chart was led by Cals Refineries with trades of over 5.52 million shares. It was followed by TV18 Broadcast (4.42 million), Alok Industries (3.95 million) and Kingfisher Airlines (2.89 million).
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