Equities close higher on F&O expiry
MUMBAI: Equities ended higher on F&O expiry Thursday after being subdued for a major part of the day. Capital good and banking stocks ended with decent gains while PSU and oil&gas stocks closed lower. ( Watch )
National Stock Exchange’s Nifty settled at provisional 5260, up 0.66 per cent or 34.7 points from the previous close. The index moved in a range of 5267.30 and 5202.95 intra-day.
Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 17,548.75, higher by 97.73 points or 0.56 per cent. The index touched a high of 17,575.23 and low of 17,383.21.
Meanwhile, the broader market lost steam towards the end of trade. The BSE Midcap Index edged up 0.06 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index shed 0.25 per cent.
On a sector-specific note, BSE Healthcare gained 0.88 per cent, BSE Capital Goods added 0.88 per cent and BSE Bankex advanced 0.86 per cent. The BSE PSU Index shed 0.92 per cent and BSE Oil&Gas Index fell 0.09 per cent.
Biggest Nifty gainers were Hero Honda (5.26%), Hindalco Industries (5.22%), Reliance Power (4.91%), Sun Pharmaceuticals (3.92%) and Siemens (3.44%).
Laggards were ACC (-2.57%), Tata Motors (-2.02%), NTPC (-1.52%), GAIL (-1.43%) and ONGC (-1.43%).
Market breadth on BSE turned negative with 1525 advances against 1322 declines.
(All figures are provisional)
article source: economictimes
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