Sensex closes above 13,600

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The Sensex closed at 13614.52, up 127.36 points while Nifty closed at 3,888.65 was up 45.60 points.

Mumbai: The markets continued rally for a third running day and ended the week near the highest points of the day on back of heavy buying in metal stocks.

The Sensex closed at 13614.52, up 127.36 points while Nifty closed at 3,888.65 was up 45.60 points.

The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 6,667.91 up 73.39 points or 1.1 per cent.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,661.37 up 44.40 points or 0.8 per cent.

The BSE Bankex was up 1.4 per cent at 6,994.78. Canara Bank, Karnataka Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, SBI, Federal Bank moved upwards.

The BSE IT Index gained 1.05 per cent at 5,181.60. Mphasis BFL, Satyam, Patni Computer, Infosys, TCS advanced.

The BSE Metal Index was up 4 per cent to close at 8,802.53. Jindal Steel, JSW Steel, Tata Steel, Sterlite Ind, SAIL, Hindalco ended higher.

The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 0.7 per cent at 9,224.20. Crompton Greaves, SKF India, Carborundum, BHEL, BEML closed higher.

The BSE Health Care Index closed was up 0.7 per cent at 3,701.91. Glenmark, Lupin, Aurobindo Pharm, Sun Pharma, Cadila Health closed higher.

The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,262.42 up 0.8 per cent. Hind Motors, Cummins, Bharat Forge, M&M, Hero Honda, Sundaram-Clayto moved higher.

The BSE Oil and Gas Index lost 0.13 per cent to close at 5,973.58.

The BSE FMCG Index ended flat at 1,952.36. United Spirits, Shaw Wallace, Colgate, HLL, Tata Tea ended up.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 8714.38 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 28953.84 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 4151.94 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 41820.16 crore.

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