The markets ended the day flat with a negative bias. Nifty ended flat and Sensex closed in red with aloss of over 100 points. Buying support was provided by energy stocks from oil & gas energy space. Oil and gas pivotals like ONGC and Reliance Petroleum were among the top gainers. Power major NTPC and Reliance Energy were the top gainers. However, IT, pharma, auto, bank and FMCG stocks ended weak.

Sensex was down 120.10 points or 0.59% at 20345.20, and the Nifty down 0.85 points or 0.01% at 6178.55.

About 1597 shares have advanced, 1307 shares declined, and 20 shares are unchanged.

The BSE Midcap Index ended flat at 10,056.87.

The BSE Smallcap Index ended flat at 13,896.71.

The BSE Bankex was down 1.7% at 11,670.48. Kotak Mahindra, ICICI Bank, Centurion Bank, IOB, Allahabad Bank moved downwards.

The BSE Capital Goods Index was down 1% at 19,530.20. Greaves Cotton, Astra Microwave, Carborundum, Bharat Elec, Jyoti Structure closed lower.

The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,729.57 down 0.6%. Tube Investment, Apollo Tyres, Mah and Mah, Hind Motors, Punj Tractors closed lower.

The BSE Metal Index closed at 19,998.17 down 1%. sail, Hind Zinc, Sterlite Ind, Hindalco, Sesa Goa, Tata Steel closed lower.

The BSE FMCG Index closed at 2,380.01 down 1%. ITC, Godrej Consumer, Tata Tea, Nestle, Bata India closed lower.

BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 13,602.26 up 1.6%. HPCL, Petronet LNG, BPCL, Reliance Natura, ONGC ended in green.
 
BSE power index closed at 4,806.12 up 3%. Torrent Power, NTPC, Reliance Energy, Tata Power, Power Grid Corp, Crompton Greave ended in green.

The BSE IT Index was down 2% at 4,363.63. TCS, Satyam, Infosys, Financial Tech, Tech Mahindra, I-Flex Solution, Wipro, Mphasis closed lower.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 24667.65 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 70651.63 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 11645.94 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 106965.22 crore.

Markets lacklustre: Rel Energy, ONGC, NTPC up

The markets are trading lacklustre and are trading a range. The cues from Europe and Asia are not very encouraging as Europe is trading lower and Asia ended in red. Oil and gas pivotals like ONGC and Reliance Petroleum were among the top gainers. Power major Reliance Energy is the top gainer followed by NTPC. The strength comes in despite some weak Asian cues. The broader markets continue to hog the limelight. Bothe BSE Midcap and smallcap index are in green. However, IT, bank and FMCG stocks are trading weak.

Market choppy: Energy up; Bank, IT down

The markets are ranged with Sensex hovering around its previous close but Nifty is trading in green. Oil and gas pivotals like ONGC and Reliance Petroleum were among the top gainers. Power major Reliance Energy is the top gainer followed by NTPC. The strength comes in despite some weak Asian cues. The broader markets continue to hog the limelight. Bothe BSE Midcap and smallcap index are in green. However, IT, bank and FMCG stocks are trading weak.

Mkt trades in green: Rel Energy, ONGC, Cairn up

The markets are trading in green with moderate gains on account of buying seen in energy stocks. Oil and gas pivotals like ONGC and Reliance Petroleum were among the top gainers. Power major Reliance Energy is the top gainer followed by NTPC. The strength comes in despite some weak Asian cues. The broader markets continue to hog the limelight. Bothe BSE Midcap and smallcap index are in green. However, IT and FMCG stocks are trading weak.

Mkt trades flat: Power, oil, midcap stocks up

The markets have moved upwards and are trading flat after opening in red. Buying is seen in select power, oil & gas stocks. The strength comes in despite some weak Asian cues. The broader markets continue to hog the limelight. Bothe BSE Midcap and smallcap index are in green. However, IT and FMCG stocks are trading weak.

At 10.46 hrs IST, the Sensex is down 4.71 points or 0.02% at 20460.59, and the Nifty up 9.10 points or 0.15% at 6188.50.

About 2003 shares have advanced, 876 shares declined, and 37 shares are unchanged.

Among the top gainers were Reliance Energy up 6%, RPL up 3%, Cairn up 3% and ONGC up 2%.

Ambuja Cements, Grasim, VSNL, ITC, Nalco and Bharti Airtel were losers on the bourses.

BGR Energy listed with premium of 80% at Rs 865 as against its issue price of Rs 480.

Burnpur Cement opened at Rs 23 (nearly double) as against its issue price of Rs 12.

Asian markets were trading weak. Hong Kong's Hang Seng plunged 1.80% or 497.34 points at 27,063.18. Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted tumbled 2.22% or 184.72 points at 8,138.33.

Mkts open on a weak note mirroring global cues

Markets have opened on weak note mirroring negative Asian and Wall Street cues and due to selling pressure in metal, oil, auto, technology and power stocks.

At 9:57 am, the Sensex was down 93 points at 20372 and the Nifty down 27 points at 6151.

Reliance Petro, Reliance, NTPC, SAIL, ITC, Tata Motors, Unitech, TCS, Hero Honda and Bharti Airtel were losers on the bourses.

BGR Energy listed with premium of 80% at Rs 865 as against its issue price of Rs 480.

Burnpur Cement opened at Rs 23 (nearly double) as against its issue price of Rs 12.

Asian markets were trading weak. Hong Kong's Hang Seng plunged 1.80% or 497.34 points at 27,063.18. Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted tumbled 2.22% or 184.72 points at 8,138.33. Singapore's Straits Times fell 1.68% or 58.20 points at 3,403.02. South Korea's Seoul Composite declined 1.06% or 19.56 points at 1,833.89. Nikkei is shut today.

Market cues:

• FIIs net buy USD 34.4 million in equity
• NSE F&O Open Int up by Rs 4,243 crore at Rs 1.14 lakh crore

F&O cues:

• Futures Open Interest up by Rs 2542 crore, Options Open Interest up by Rs 1701 crore
• Nifty Futures Open Int unchanged, premium of 41points
• Stock Futures add 4 cr shares in Open Int
• Nifty Open Int Put-Call ratio at 1.34 Vs 1.29 
• Nifty Puts add 14 lakh, Calls add 7.5 lakh shares in Open Int
• Nifty 6100 Put adds 8.1 lakh shares in Open Int
• Nifty 6200 Call adds 1.8 lakh shares in Open Int