Markets closed higher amid heavy value buying seen in Bankex and Auto sector along with index heavy weight as Rupee was seen recovering. The S&P BSE Sensex surged up by 332.89 points or 1.83% to 18,567.55. It touched a high of 18,612.60 and a low of 18,188.43 in trade today. The CNX Nifty spurted up by 106.65 points or 2% to 5,448.10.
Among the sectoral indices, Metal index gained the most up by 2.75%, Healthcare index jumped up by 2.60%, Auto and IT indices gained up by 2.47% and 2.15%. Other notable sectoral indices gainers were, Oil & Gas, Consumer Durables, Capital Goods, Bankex FMCG and Power. The broader markets ended firm with both the indices Mid-cap and Small-cap advanced up by nearly 1% each.
Among the major index gainers were, BHEL topped the list by spurting up by 6.20% followed by Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Hindalco Inds, Cipla, TCS, Dr Reddys Lab and Tata Steel surging between 4-3%. Other notable gainers included, Bajaj Auto, Jindal Steel, Infosys, Reliance Industries, ONGC, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Hero MotoCorp, NTPC, Sesa Goa, Coal India, Mahindra & Mahindra and Tata Power.
Among the major index loser was only ITC which slipped by 0.81%.
The Rupee recovered in mid-noon, after breaching 68 mark in early trades in the morning, amid heavy selling of the dollars by the state-run bank on intervene by RBI (Reserve Bank of India). The partially convertible Rupee closed at 67.06 per dollar as against yesterday's close of 67.63/64, after it fell to intra-day lows of 68.60.
The overall market breadth was firm positive with 1,361 stocks advanced as compared to 931 stocks declined.
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