Indian markets continues to trade higher in post noon trade on Thursday led by consumer durables, auto and realty stocks. At 1.53 p.m., the Sensex was trading up 40.82 points or 0.22% at 18,546.20 with 19 components gaining. Meanwhile, the Nifty was trading higher by 21.25 points or 0.38% at 5,640.95 with 37 components gaining.
The 30-share benchmark index, BSE Sensex opened flat with a decline of 17.48 points or 0.09% at 18,487.90, while the broad based NSE Nifty started with a fall of 9.85 points or 0.18%, at 5,609.85.
Sensex Movers
Tata Motors contributed rise of 25.87 points in the Sensex. It was followed by Bharti Airtel (16.29 points), ICICI Bank (9.65 points), Wipro (9.21 points) and Larsen & Toubro (8.33 points).
However, ITC contributed fall of 25.75 points in the Sensex. It was followed by Hindustan Unilever (15.71 points), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (11.28 points), HDFC Bank (3.89 points) and Reliance Industries (3.11 points).
Biggest gainers in the 30-share index were Tata Motors (4.46%), Bharti Airtel (3.92%), Wipro (3.79%), Cipla (2.59%), Hero Motocorp (1.50%), and Bajaj Auto (1.38%).
On the other hand, Hindustan Unilever (2.25%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (1.64%), ITC (1.40%), GAIL (India) (1.06%), Hindalco Industries (0.60%), and Sterlite Industries (India) (0.35%) were the biggest losers in the Sensex.
Mid & Small-cap Space
The BSE Mid and small caps outperformed their larger counterparts gaining 0.75% and 0.54% respectively. The major gainers in the BSE Midcap were Alstom India (3.4%), Aban Offshore (1.21%), Amara Raja Batteries (0.73%), ABG Shipyard (0.43%) and Allahabad Bank (0.33%).The major gainers in the BSE Smallcap were A2Z Maintenance & Engineering Services (2.13%), Adhunik Metaliks (1.85%), Action Construction Equipment (1.23%), Styrolution ABS (India) (1.19%) and Aanjaneya Lifecare (0.12%).
Sectors in Limelight
The Consumer Durables index was at 7,269.34, up by 331.64 points or by 4.78%. The major gainers were Titan Industries (8.4%), Whirlpool Of India (2.73%), C.Mahendra Exports (2.41%), Rajesh Exports (1.51%) and Blue Star (0.58%).
The Auto index was at 10,496.95, up by 189.69 points or by 1.84%. The major gainers were Hero Motocorp (1.5%), Bajaj Auto (1.38%), Mahindra & Mahindra (1.1%), Ashok Leyland (0.85%) and Exide Industries (0.32%).
The Realty index was at 1,793.98, up by 22.36 points or by 1.26%. The major gainers were Godrej Properties (4.38%), Indiabulls Real Estate (3.75%), D B Realty (2.35%), Housing Development and Infrastructure (2.35%) and DLF (0.39%).
On the other hand, the FMCG index was at 5,635.92, down by 51.38 points or by 0.9%. The major losers were Hindustan Unilever (2.25%), ITC (1.4%), Colgate-Palmolive (India) (0.47%) and Godrej Consumer Products (0.23%).
Market Breadth
Market breadth was positive with 1,509 advances against 1,152 declines.
Value and Volume Toppers
United Spirits topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 607.16 million. It was followed by State Bank Of India (Rs. 449.06 million), Titan Industries (Rs. 308.89 million) and Maruti Suzuki India (Rs. 296.40 million).
The volume chart was led by Kingfisher Airlines with trades of over 7.14 million shares. It was followed by Lanco Infratech (3.35 million), TV18 Broadcast (3.24 million) and Veer Energy and Infrastructure (2.56 million).
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