Mkts end strong: Bank, cap goods gain

New Delhi: The markets ended on a strong note with buying seen in scrips across sectors.

Capital goods, banking, IT, cement and sugar stocks were among the top gainers. The broader markets did extremely well during the day as well as week giving markets an excellent breadth. The turnover was brisk. Except for metal, all the sectoral indices closed in green.

Sensex was up 145.94 points or 1.01 per cent at 14650.51, and the Nifty up 36.30 points or 0.85 per cent at 4318.3.

About 1452 shares have advanced, 1091 shares declined, and 89 shares are unchanged.

On a weekly basis, Sensex was up nearly 1.2 per cent and Nifty was up 1.5 per cent. Even on a weekly basis banking index gave a standout performance.

RPL was up 15 per cent, ACC was up nine per cent and Suzlon was up eight per cent were among the top gainers during the week.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 6,527.03 up 69.03 points or 1.07 per cent

The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 7,730.40 up 68.30 points or 0.9 per cent.

The BSE Bankex was up 2.9 per cent at 8,009.94. Oriental Bank, PNB, Kotak Mahindra, Andhra Bank, HDFC Bank, UTI Bank moved upwards.

The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 1.9 per cent at 12,299.36. Triveni Engg, ABB, Kirloskar Oil, BHEL, Punj Lloyd, Larsen, Praj Industries closed higher.

The BSE Health Care Index was up one per cent at 3,805.70. Nicholas Pirama, Cipla, Panacea Biotech, Aurobindo Pharm, Sterling Bio closed lower.

The BSE Auto Index closed at 4,739.57up 0.5 per cent. Exide Industrie, Mah and Mah, Bajaj Auto, Escorts declined.

The BSE FMCG Index gained 0.35 per cent at 1,829.33. United Spirits, Godrej Consumer, Tata Tea, Britannia closed higher.

BSE oil and Gas Index closed at 7,626.66 up 0.4 per cent. Reliance Natura, Essar Oil, Petronet LNG, HPCL

ended in red.

The BSE IT Index closed at 4,870.73 up 0.6 per cent. Financial Tech, I-Flex Solution, Mphasis, Patni Computer closed lower.

The BSE Metal Index closed at 10,605.00 down 0.3 per cent.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 10661.63 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 35463.65 crore.

The BSE cash turnover was Rs 4820.88 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 50946.16 crore.