Sensex ends above 12k; Nifty above 3650

Mumbai, May 12: The 30-share Sensex surged 511.64 points to touch an intraday high of 12,194.63, before closing at 12,158.03, up 4.07 pc or 475.04 points. The 50-share NSE Nifty ended 3.56pc or 126.50 points higher at 3681.10, after hitting day's high of 3691.65.

Ahead of election results the benchmark indices shot up despite weak IIP (Index of Industrial Production) date, which came in at 2.3 per cent. Huge buying in technology, banking, realty, telecom and infrastructure stocks supported the markets to show strong upsurge.

HDFC, Wipro, ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel, Infosys, Reliance Industries, Hindalco and BHEL were up by 5-7.7 per cent.
04:40 PM

NSE's Nifty touches 3,600 mark

At 13:20 hours IST, Sensex was trading at 11,887, up 205 points and the Nifty rose 49.5 points, to 3,604. After the consolidation in the first half of the trade, markets gained strength and extended gains.

The 50-share basket of National Stock Exchange's (NSE) Nifty touched the 3,600 mark while the Sensex moved towards the 11900 level.

Buying interest is seen in technology, banking, oil & gas, realty, select power and telecom stocks. However, L&T, HUL, Hero Honda, SAIL, Siemens, Tata Steel, ACC and Grasim were still under pressure.
02:30 PM

Indices in green; Banking, tech gain

The BSE Sensex was trading at 11,727, up 44 points and the NSE Nifty was up 9 points, at 3,563, at 11:54 hours IST. However, broader indices were marginally down.

The indices are quietly trading and buying was seen in in banking, technology, oil marketing, select telecom companies' shares and in stocks like ONGC, BHEL, ITC and NTPC. Market breadth was marginally weak. While 1,168 shares declined about 978 shares advanced.
12:20 PM

Indian Markets open weak; volatile

Indian benchmark indices opened on a weak note and were trading with some volatility. At 9:56 am, the Sensex was down 25 points, to 11,657 and the Nifty fell 9 points, to 3,545. The CNX Midcap slipped 0.64 per cent, to 3,979.

Metal, realty and capital goods and select financial stocks are under pressure. Among the frontliners, Tata Steel, SAIL, Sterlite, Unitech, DLF, Ranbaxy, Tata Motors, Cipla, SBI, HDFC, Reliance Capital, L&T and BHEL were the losers. However, BPCL, Ambuja Cements, ONGC, Infosys, ICICI Bank and TCS were the gainers.

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