The BSE Mid Cap Index closed at 8,082.54up 2%.

The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 9,705.20 up 1.6%.

 BSE Metal Index was up 3%; Jindal Saw, Jindal Steel, Mah Seamless, SAIL, Sesa Goa, NALCO.

BSE Oil & Gas Index was up 5%; Reliance Natura, Reliance Petro, ONGC, Reliance, GAIL.

The BSE FMCG Index closed at 2,161.67 up 2%.  United Spirits, Marico, Nestle, Godrej Consumer, Britannia, Tata Tea ended higher.

The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 7% at 19,847.66.  Siemens, L&T,Alfa Laval, BHEL, Areva T&D, Punj Lloyd, Thermax were among top gainers.

The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,656.43 up 1%. MRF, Amtek Auto, Bharat Forge, Escorts, Tube Investment, Apollo Tyres  were among the gainers.

The BSE IT Index closed at 4,674.65 up 0.8%.  Mphasis, Wipro, Satyam, Financial Tech,Tech Mahindra ended higher.

The BSE Bankex was up 4% at 10,649.71. HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank,Yes Bank, PNB, Bank of India, Allahabad Bank closed higher.
 
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 21775.4 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 69537.38 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 8883.17 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 100195.95 crore.

Large caps are the clear outperformers. L&T, BHEL, Reliance Petro, Siemens, HDFC, HDFC Bank are among the star performers.

Broader markets have also participated in the uptrend both the midcap and smallcap indices are each up nearly 2%. 

On the corporate front, Maruti came out with numbers largely inline with street expectations.

Markets rally: Sensex eyeing 20K, Nifty hits 5,900

The bull run in the Indian markets continues with Sensex eyeing the 20,000 mark. Nifty has hit 5,900 levels scoring over a double century. Strength is seen coming from all quarters. Cues from Asia and rest of the equity markets were robust which has helped in such a rally. Asia has ended in green with gains of 1%-3%. Hefty 14 points premium is seen in Nifty futures.

Large caps are the clear outperformers. L&T, BHEL, Reliance Petro, Siemens, HDFC, HDFC Bank are among the star performers.

Broader markets have also participated in the uptrend both the midcap and smallcap indices are each up nearly 2%.

On the corporate front, Maruti came out with numbers largely inline with street expectations.

Markets rally: Sensex eyeing 20K, Nifty hits 5,900

The bull run in the Indian markets continues with Sensex eyeing the 20,000 mark. Nifty has hit 5,900 levels scoring over a double century. Strength is seen coming from all quarters. Cues from Asia and rest of the equity markets were robust which has helped in such a rally.

Broader markets have also participated in the uptrend both the midcap and smallcap indices are each up nearly 2%.

On the corporate front, Maruti came out with numbers largely inline with street expectations.

Markets surge: Nifty hits 5,900, Sensex eyeing 20K

It is yet another day of strength for the markets as they have scaled new peaks. Sensex is eyeing the 20,000 mark and Nifty has hit 5,900 levels scoring over a double century. Strength is seen coming from all quarters. Cues from Asia and rest of the equity markets were robust which has helped in such a rally.

Capital goods, banking, metal and realty stocks are in focus. Market breadth is positive with impressive volume. All the key indices are trading in green and there was no loser in Sensex scrips today.

At 12.05 hrs IST, the Sensex is up 734 points at 19977, and the Nifty up 209 points or 3.57% at 5911

About 1988 shares have advanced, 995 shares declined, and 75 shares are unchanged.

L&T is up 9%, BHEL is up 7%, ONGC up 6.5%, HDFC Bank & RPL up 6%, Maruti up 5% are among the top performers on the indices. 

Mkts trading strong; BHEL, HDFC Bk top gainers

The markets have given up some of its gains but are still trading strong. Capital goods, banking, metal and realty stocks are in focus. Market breadth is positive with impressive volume. All the key indices are trading in green and there was no loser in Sensex scrips today.

Top gainers on the Nifty are HDFC Bank at Rs 1,643.10 up 6.25%, BHEL at Rs 2,583.10 up 6.25% and Reliance Petro at Rs 213.10 up 5.36%. 

Top losers on the Nifty are BPCL at Rs 355.45 down 1.58%, HCL Tech at Rs 303 down 1.56% and Dr Reddys Labs at Rs 615 down 0.41%. 

Most active shares on NSE are Reliance Petro at Rs 213.10 with 8,742,727 shares, Larsen at Rs 4,050 with 373,139 shares and Reliance Energy at Rs 1,737 with 572,494 shares.  

Mkts open with huge gap up; cap goods, metals up

The market sees blow out opening today and opened with over 600 points gap up on Sensex on account of strong cues from the global markets. Indian ADRs also closed strong last Friday.

At 9:56 am, Sensex was up 616 points at 19,859 and Nifty was up 158 points at 5,860. Capital goods, power and metal stocks were the top gainers in the early trade today.

Asian markets were trading strong today.  Hong Kong's Hang Seng surged 4.77% or 1424.38 points at 31,278.87, Japan's Nikkei rose 1.18% or 195.16 points at 16,700.79, Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted gained 1.53% or 147.33 points at 9,778.84, South Korea's Seoul Composite advanced 1.53% or 31.13 points at 2,059.19 and Singapore's Straits Times was up 0.66% or 24.94 points at 3,796.49.

Market cues:

• FIIs net buy USD 52.8 million in equity on Oct 25
• MFs net buy Rs 182.6 crore in equity on Oct 25
• NSE F&O Open Interest up by Rs 5,040 crore (Rs 50.40 billion) at Rs 7,498 crore (Rs 74.98 billion)

F&O cues:

• Futures Open Interest up by Rs 3,090 crore, Options Open Interest up by Rs 1,950 crore
• Nifty Futures shed 8.6 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nifty Open Interest Put Call Ratio at 1.16 Vs 1.14
• Nifty Puts add 12.2 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nifty Calls add 9 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nifty 5600 Put adds 4 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nifty 5900 Call adds 3.3 lakh shares in Open Interest