Indian equities endedhigheron Thursdayled by gains seen in consumer durables, auto and realty stocks. At the close, the benchmark 30-share index, BSE Sensex added 56.32 pointsor 0.30% at 18,561.70 with 20 components posting rise. Meanwhile, the broad based NSE Nifty went up by 25.35 or 0.45% at 5,645.05 with 39 components posting rise.Sensex Movers
Tata Motors contributed rise of 28.4 points in the Sensex. It was followed by Bharti Airtel (17.39 points), I C I C I Bank (9.31 points), Mahindra & Mahindra (7.87 points) and Wipro (7.35 points).
However, I T C contributed fall of 25.44 points in the Sensex. It was followed by H D F C Bank (14.58 points), Hindustan Unilever (12.85 points), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (9.24 points) and Housing Development Finance Corporation (1.44 points).
Major gainers in the 30-share index were Tata Motors (4.89%), Bharti Airtel (4.18%), Cipla (3.16%), Wipro (3.02%), Bajaj Auto (1.99%), and Mahindra & Mahindra (1.66%).
On the other hand, Hindustan Unilever (1.84%), I T C (1.38%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (1.34%), H D F C Bank (1.03%), G A I L (India) (0.95%), and Hindalco Industries (0.26%) were the biggest losers in the Sensex.
Mid & Small-cap Space
The BSE Mid and small caps outperformed their larger counterparts gaining 0.82% and 0.70% respectively. The major gainers in the BSE Midcap were Alstom India (3.51%), CORE Education and Technologies (0.55%), Allahabad Bank (0.48%), Aban Offshore (0.45%) and A B G Shipyard (0.2%).The major gainers in the BSE Smallcap were A2Z Maintenance & Engineering Services (2.3%), Action Construction Equipment (2.26%), Trident (2.05%), Reliance MediaWorks (1.99%) and Styrolution ABS (India) (1.51%).
Sectors in Limelight
The Consumer Durables index was at 7,315.15, up by 377.45 points or by 5.44%. The major gainers were Titan Industries (9.83%), T T K Prestige (4.69%), Whirlpool Of India (3.81%), Rajesh Exports (1.47%) and Blue Star (0.3%).
The Auto index was at 10,532.55, up by 225.29 points or by 2.19%. The major gainers were Bajaj Auto (1.99%), Hero Motocorp (1.4%), Bharat Forge (0.88%), Ashok Leyland (0.64%) and Exide Industries (0.28%).
The Realty index was at 1,801.77, up by 30.15 points or by 1.70%. The major gainers were Indiabulls Real Estate (5.31%), Housing Development and Infrastructure (3.45%), Godrej Properties (2.96%), D B Realty (2.86%) and D L F (0.81%).
On the other hand, the FMCG index was at 5,632.05, down by 55.25 points or by 0.97%. The major losers were Hindustan Unilever (1.84%), I T C (1.38%), Colgate-Palmolive (India) (0.46%) and Godrej Consumer Products (0.1%).
Market Breadth
Market breadth was positive with 1,677 advances against 1,203 declines.
Value and Volume Toppers
United Spirits topped the value chart on the BSE with a turnover of Rs. 809.02 million. It was followed by State Bank Of India (Rs. 634.45 million), Titan Industries (Rs. 448.63 million) and Reliance Industries (Rs. 428.62 million).
The volume chart was led by Kingfisher Airlines with trades of over 7.20 million shares. It was followed by Lanco Infratech (5.06 million), Cals Refineries (4.64 million) and TV18 Broadcast (4.60 million).
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