Sensex ends on new high; FMCG up, IT down

Mumbai: It was a good day for markets as the Sensex scaled another peak ending on a new high.

But the Nifty ended flat. Most of the Asia ended weak wit Taiwan down over 4 per cent.

Even Europe was showing sideways movement. Among the frontliners FMCG and bank ended with hefty gains. Midcap sugar stocks were among the top midcap gainers. However, IT stocks were significantly down followed by pharma stocks.

Suzlon, ICICI Bank, Reliance Energy were among the gainers from the indices.

Technology had a bad day with Infosys down over 3% followed by TCS. Oil and gas major ONGC was down 3%.

Sensex was up 125.76 points or 0.61% at 20812.65, and the Nifty up 4.80 points or 0.08% at 6279.10.

About 1591 shares have advanced, 1339 shares declined, and 19 shares are unchanged.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 10,102.23 down 0.1%. The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 13,975.19 up 0.7%.

The BSE Bankex was up 2.5% at 12,197.56. IOB, ICICI Bank, Centurion bank, Axis closed in green.

The BSE Capital Goods Index closed at 20,144.53 up 0.6%. Suzlon, Reliance Infra, Siemens, Triveni Engineering closed higher.

The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,667.54 down 0.4%. Tube Investment, Apollo Tyres, Escorts, Ashok Leyland, Hind Motors closed lower.

The BSE Metal Index closed at 20,020.22 up 0.4%. JSW Steel, Jindal Steel, Jindal Stainless, Hind Zinc closed lower.

The BSE FMCG Index closed up 3% at 2,319.92. Colgate, ITC, Nestle, Dabur ended higher.

BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 13,974.30 up 0.4%. BPCL, HPCL, IOC, Reliance Natura, GAIL ended higher.

The BSE IT Index was at 4,198.59 down 3%. HCL, Infosys, Tech mahindra, TCS, Tech Mahindra closed lower.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 23277.2 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 70004.57 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 10673.85 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 103955.62 crore.