Markets end higher despite volatility
Markets end higher despite volatility
The markets had a highly volatile session due to worries over the Fed meet on interest rate hike and F&O expiry on Thursday.

Mumbai: The markets had a highly volatile session due to worries over the Fed meet on interest rate hike and F&O expiry on Thursday.

The Sensex closed the day with gains of 109 points and the Nifty was up 39 points.

The Asian markets closed mixed and Nikkie was up 0.13 per cent.

The Sensex closed at 10,151.01 up 108.95 points and the Nifty closed at 3042.7 up 47.9 points.

The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 5,244.99, down 101 points.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 4,234.54, down 42.38 points.

The major gainers on the indices were ITC, HDFC, Tata Steel, Dr Reddys Labs, Suzlon Energy, VSNL, SAIL and Tata Power.

The BSE sectoral indices closed mixed.

The BSE FMCG Index was up 3.8 per cent at 1,881.37. ITC, Colgate, Shaw Wallace, HLL and P&G closed in green.

The BSE Metal Index advanced by 2.71 per cent at 8,097.91. SAIL, Tata Steel, JindalStainless, JSW Steel, Sterlite Ind and Hind Zinc witnessed buying interest.

The BSE IT Index was up by 1.89 per cent at 3,571.67. I-Flex Solution, Patni Computer, Wipro, Infosys and Satyam moved up.

The BSE Oil and Gas Index rose 0.56 per cent at 5,015.07. GAIL, HPCL, BPCL and Reliance advanced higher.

The BSE Health Care Index was down 0.36 per cent at 3,083.29.

The BSE Auto Index lost 0.11 per cent at 4,464.60 and the BSE Bankex closed flat at 4,323.76.

The BSE Consumer Durables Index lost 0.63 per cent at 2,663.40.BPL, Su-Raj Diamonds, Blue Star, Titan Industries and Whirlpool were among the losers

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 7805.73 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 37157.31 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 3638.67 crore.

Total market wide turnover was at Rs 48601.71 crore.

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