Markets closed higher on a firm positive note on back of buying interest in Metal and Bankex sectors amid positive China data. The S&P BSE Sensex ended up by 384.94 points or 1.97% to 19,902.07. The CNX Nifty closed up by 129.65 points or 2.24% to end at 5,909.70.
Among the sectoral indices, barring FMCG index which closed lower by 0.88% all other sectoral indices closed higher with Metal and Bankex indices gaining the most up by 3.94% and 3.41%. Capital Goods, Oil & Gas, IT and Auto indices gained up between 3-2% each. Other notable gainers include Realty, PSU, Power, Consumer Durables and Healthcare. In the broader markets, Mid-cap index gained up by 1.38% while Small-cap index advanced up by 0.85%.
Among the index gainers Sesa Goa spurted up by 7.21% followed by Bajaj Auto rising up by 5.10%. Hindalco Industries, Tata Power, TCS, HDFC Bank, Tata Steel, Jindal Steel and L&T declined 5-3%. Other notable gainers include ICICI Bank, Wipro, Reliance Industries, Tata Motors, Gail (India), Maruti Suzuki, HDFC, Mahindra & Mahindra, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Coal India, ONGC, BHEL, Hero MotoCorp, SBI, Cipla, Dr Reddys Lab, Infosys and Bharti Airtel while NTPC ended flat.
Among the index losers were only ITC and Hindustan Unilever both declining by 1.30% and 1.61% each.
The partially convertible Rupee closed up by 74 paise at 61.73/74 per dollar as compared to its previous close of 62.46/47 against dollar.
The overall market breadth was firm positive with 1,472 shares advanced as compared to 943 shares declined.
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