Mkts close in green; BHEL, Satyam gain

Mumbai: The markets gave up some of their gains after trading strong for major part of the day. The weakness penetrated in during the final half an hour of the trade following the flat trend in Asian markets.

The European markets have opened in the red. The Sensex after breaching the 10,800 level during the day finally closed at 10,743.88 up 64 points.

The Nifty closed with again of 12 points to close at 3,143. The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 5,131.48, up 66 points.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 4,303.28, up 25 points.

The BSE sectoral indices closed mixed. Select IT, capital goods and power stocks witnessed buying and were among the gainers.

Markets today

• Markets off days high on profit booking
• Sensex up 63.65 points at 10,743.88
• Nifty up 12.40 points at 3,143.20
• BSE Cap Goods Index up 1.53%; BHEL up 3.9%, results cheer market
• BSE IT Index up 1.40%; Satyam, Wipro, TCS stand firm
• BSE Bank Index up 1.3%; ICICI Bank up 2%
• Profit booking noticed in BSE FMCG & BSE Metal Index
• CNX Midcap Index up 1.02% at 3877.80
• Jagran Prakashan up 20% on bonus, Hindustan Motors up 17.4%
• BSE Small Cap Index up 1.3%; Blow Plast up 13.8%
• NSE Advance Decline ratio at 2:1
• Total market turnover at Rs 23247.16 cr Vs Rs 27471.5 cr on Friday

The BSE Bankex gained 1.3 per cent at 4,781.14. Andhra Bank, PNB, Union Bank, Kotak Mahindra and ICICI Bank were among top gainers.

The BSE Consumer Durables Index gained 0.5 per cent at 2,705.04. Whirlpool, Samtel Color, Su-Raj Diamonds gained ground.

The BSE Health care index closed up 0.4 per cent at 3,227.22. Lupin, Aventis Pharma, Pfizer, Ipca Labs and Cipla closed in the positive terrain.

The BSE Capital Goods Index gained 1.5 per cent at 7,010.79. Crompton Greave, KEC Infrastruct, HEL, HEG, Aban LoydChiles closed higher.

The Auto index closed at 4,476.87 up by around 1.3 per cent. Hind Motors, MRF, M&M, Maruti Udyog, Cummins and Tata Motors closed higher.

The BSE IT Index was up 1.4 per cent at 3,951.13. HCL Info, Satyam, Wipro, Infosys closed green.

The BSE FMCG Index was down 0.7 per cent at 1,880.63. HLL, Nestle, McDowell, Dabur India closed in red.

The BSE Oil and Gas Index closed flat at 5,049.785 and the BSE Metal Index was down 0.1 per cent at 7,796.10.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 5,090.18 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 15,892.06 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 2,264.92 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 23.247.16 crore.