Markets gained for the fifth straight session on Tuesday, amid firm global cues, with FMCG majors ITC and Hindustan Unilever leading the gains. For the day, the Sensex gained 0.8% or 166 points to close at 20,325 and the Nifty gained nearly 0.8% or 46 points to end today's session at 6,078.
All the sectoral indices closed in the green with Consumer Durables index leading gains, up nearly 4%. The other gainers were FMCG, Realty, Bankex, PSU, Metal, Oil & Gas and Power indices gaining 0.5-1.5%. The broader markets had a flat session with the smallcap index closing with a negative bias at 5,682 and the midcap index edged higher by 0.1% to end at 5,999.
The top gainers for the day among the Sensex-30 were Hindustan Unilever, BHEL,Mahindra & Mahindra, SBI, Sterlite, ITC and Dr Reddys Lab gaining 2-3%. ICICI Bank, ONGC, Tata Power,Infosys and Hindalco up 0.8-1.55 were the other notable gainers.
Among the ones in the red were Wipro and Bharti Airtel losing 2% each followed by Coal India, Cipla, Jindal Steel, Bajaj Auto,Hero MotoCorp,Sun Pharma and HDFC down 0.2-0.6%.
The market breadth was neutral with 1,149 advances as compared to the 1,151 declines on the BSE.
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