Post Session Market Commentary

The market closed at all time high after struggling a lot at the initial stage. The cues from the global market are not in favor, which led the Indian markets to open on a weak note on the back of heavy selling across the counters. Though the market lost the ground at the initial stage but manages to recover all its losses as a result of heavy buying at lower levels. The metal, realty and Oil and Gas indices remained the centre of attraction as most buying is seen from these stocks. The BSE Sensex closed higher by 84.98 points at 20,375.87 and NSE Nifty closed up by 62.05 points at 6,159.30. Both the BSE Mid cap and Small cap outperformed the benchmark to close higher by 152.51 points and 217.15 points at 9,339.49 and 11,884.99 respectively. Overall, the market breadth was strong as 2,139 stocks are closed higher while 750 stocks are closed lower. BSE Metal index surged 574.48 points to close at 19,629.07. Scrips that advanced are Jindal Saw (12.35%), Nalco (11.54%), Jindal Steel (5.52%), Tata Steel (3.42%) and Hindalco (3.06%) BSE Realty index closed higher by 358 points at 12,540.32. Pushed up by Ansal Infra (22.38%), HDIL (14.01%), Phoenix mill (12.04%), Purvankara (6.12%) and Omaxe (5.62%). BSE Health Care index closed up by 111.74 points at 4,173.98. Scrips that gained are Glenmark (10.61%), Bilcare (7.87%), Nicholas Piramal (7.73%), Sun pharma (4.48%) and Lupin (3.05%). BSE Oil & Gas index grew by 186.59 points to closed at 13,152.02. Pulled up by IOCL (6.63%), RNRL (5.99%), Essar oil (5.43%), Gail (4.75%), Cairn (3.32%) and ONGC (1.40%). BSE Bankex index closed lower by 66.59 points at 11,712.12. Scrips that fell are ICICI bank (1.96%), IOB (1.62%), Yes bank (1.15%), Oriental bank (0.42%) and SBI (0.22%). BSE IT index slipped by 78.86 points at 4,353.59. Scrips that fell are Satyam (2.39%), I-Flex (1.97%), NIIT (1.81%), Educomp solution (1.13%), Rolta (1.62%).