BSE Sensex gains 134 points to end at one-month high on February derivatives expiry
Markets ended the day higher, gaining for the fourth consecutive day. After opening flat, markets continued to gain amidst volatile trading session. The S&P BSE Sensex after opening flat up by 17 points touched a low of 20860 and a high of 21005. However, bse sensex ended the day by gaining 134.52 points or 0.65 percent to 20986.99. The CNX Nifty ended up by 38.75 points or 0.62 percent to 6238.80. It touched a low of 6202 and a high of 6246 intraday today.
Among the bse sensex sectoral indices FMCG and Capital Goods rose nearly 1 percent. Auto and Healthcare indices also gained between 0.9-0.8 percent. Power and Bankex indices also advanced between 0.6-0.5 percent. Consumer Durables, Oil & Gas and IT were the other sectoral indices closing with gains. While Metal index slipped nearly 2 percent and Realty index declined by 0.53 percent. However broader markets ended marginally higher. Mid-cap index inched up by 0.1 percent and Small-cap index advanced 0.23 percent.
Among the bse sensex, Gail (India) was the top gainer in the index surging nearly 3 percent. Dr Reddys Lab and ITC gained over 2 percent each. Mahindra & Mahindra gained by 2 percent. BHEL, Wipro, Sun Pharma, Bajaj Auto and Hero MotoCorp also rose between 2-1 percent. SBI and HDFC gained nearly 1 percent each. HDFC Bank, L&T, ONGC, Infosys and ICICI Bank advanced between 1-0.5 percent. Tata Motors, Cipla, Bharti Airtel, Hindustan Unilever, Axis Bank and Reliance Industries were among the other bse sensex index gainers.
Among the bse sensex losers Tata Steel dropped by 3.23 percent. Tata Power and Coal India slipped between 2-1 percent. Maruti Suzuki fell by 0.41%. TCS and NTPC also declined between 0.3-02 percent.
However market breadth ended marginally weak. With 1369 shares declining as compared to 1322 shares advancing. While 151 shares remained unchanged of the 2842 shares traded.
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