Sensex down to 13,823.39

Mumbai, Apr 30 (UNI) The Sensex today settled in the red on the Bombay Stock Exchange with a nominal loss of 36.21 points at 13,872.39, ahead of two public holidays and subdued Asian markets.

After opening lower at 13,823.40, the barometer Sensex had hit a high of 13,901.12 and a low of 13,693.59 during intra-day trade.

However, the broader Nifty Index settled in the green on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) with a modest gain of 4.40 points at 4,087.90 from its previous close of 4,083.50 points.

It had opened lower at 4,081.60 and touched a high of 4,096.90 and a low of 4,028.90 points during intra-day trade.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,795.72 up 62 points or 1.08 per cent. The Smallcap Index ended at 6,993.84, down 52 points or 0.8 per cent, while the Bankex was up 2.9 per cent at 6,882.89. IOB, Oriental Bank, Centurion BoP, SBI moved upwards.

The Capital Goods Index was up 0.6 per cent at 9,880.45.

Dredging Cor, Praj Industries, Carborundum, Alstom Projects closed higher. The BSE Health Care Index was up 0.2 per cent at 3,702.69.

Aventis Pharma, Ipca Labs, Aurobindo Pharm, Glenmark, Nicholas Pirama closed higher.

The Auto Index closed at 4,998.71 up 1.1 per cent. Cummins, TVS Motor, Escorts, Tube Investment, Hero Honda surged. The BSE Metal Index closed at 9,835.72 up 1.1 per cent. Jindal Steel, Hind Zinc, Sterlite Ind, Welspun Guj closed higher.

The IT Index closed at 5,053.29 up 2 per cent. Patni Computer, Moser Baer, TCS, HCL Tech, Mphasis advanced, the BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 7,135.34 up 0.8 per cent. GAIL, Reliance Natura, MRPL, Chennai Petro ended higher. Besides, the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) Index lost 1.1 per cent at 1,800.55. HLL, Britannia, ITC, P&G closed lower, marketmen disclosed.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 7,561.99 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 25,629.5 crore and the BSE cash turnover was Rs 3,266.44 crore. Hence, the total marketwide turnover was at Rs 36,457.93 crore, experts said.

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