Mumbai: The markets ended near the highest points of the day on the back of heavy buying seen in scrips from auto, banking, capital goods and pharma sector.
The Sensex closed at 13,844.78 up 148.47 points or 1.08 per cent. The Nifty gained 43 points to close at 3997.6. The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 6,718.74 up 72 points or 1.08 per cent.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,775.42 up 53.82 points or 0.94 per cent.
The BSE Bankex was up 1.53 per cent at 7,289.88. Canara Bank, UTI Bank, Bank of India, SBI, Bank of Baroda moved upwards.
The BSE IT Index gained 0.7 per cent at 5,142.41. I-Flex Solution, Mphasis BFL, Satyam, Hexaware Tech advanced.
The BSE Metal Index was up 0.4 per cent to close at 8,913.33. Jindal Saw, Welspun Guj, Sterlite Ind, Mah Seamless ended higher.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 1.8 per cent at 9,107.96. Alstom Projects, Bharat Elec, ABB, Lakshmi Machine, Siemens closed higher.
The BSE Health Care Index closed was up 1.33 per cent at 3,769.95. Ipca Labs, Ranbaxy Labs, Aurobindo Pharm, Divis Labs, Sun Pharma closed higher.
The BSE FMCG Index gained 1.6 per cent at 2,051.03. Colgate, ITC, Nestle, HLL, Britannia closed in green.
The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,472.77 up 2.8 per cent. Punj Tractors, Tata Motors, Bajaj Auto, Hero Honda, Escorts moved higher.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index gained 0.9 per cent to close at 6,130.28. MRPL, HPCL, Reliance, Petronet LNG ended in green.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 8182.46 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 25759.85 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 4455.03 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 38397.34 crore.
Highlights:
- Nifty hits 4,000 for first time ever
- Nifty has hit 3,000 & 4,000 levels in 2006
- Nifty at 4,000 nifty takes 212 days to move from 3,000 to 4,000
- Nifty at 4,000 nifty takes 166 days to move from 3,500 to 4,000
- Nifty 3k to 4k contributions: RIL 159 points, ONGC 132 points
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