The markets closed in red but showed remarkable recovery and were off the lows. It was yet another scary session which opened with circuit down and the markets were shut for an hour then recovered a bit after opening but continued to witness some wild swings.However, markets got some buying support towards the end with some positive cues of recovery in European markets.The Finance Ministry has ruled out foul play in the stock market.

The silver lining to the cloud was midcap stocks like BL Kashyap, Allcargo, Sintex which stood firm in today's crash. Among the largecap Bharti Airtel, Nalco, Maruti Suzuki closed in green.

Midcap gainers	Closing Rs	% gain
BL Kashyap	1,835.95	9.97
Allcargo Global	820.00	7.58
Sintex India	525.00	6.69
Kansai Nerolac	747.00	4.74
India Infoline	1,296.90	4.44
Shree Cements	1,200.00	4.37
Provogue	1,300.00	3.58
Bombay Rayon	291.75	3.38
Finolex Cables	92.40	3.13
Nirma	197.00	2.82
Pfizer	659.95	2.77
Welspun Guj	435.20	2.53
UB Holdings	880.00	1.89
Jubilant Org	310.00	1.87
GTL	250.00	1.67