The Sensex today ended with a marginal gain of six points at 9,330.
The BSE Realty and the metal indices advanced around 2% each to 1,761 and 5,088, respectively. The Oil & Gas index gained 1.5% at 6,020. The Bankex, however, was down 1% at 4,989.
The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,472 stocks traded, 1,353 advanced, 1,024 declined and the rest were unchanged.
Jaiprakash Associates surged 4.7% to Rs 69. Sterlite rallied 4% to Rs 271.
ONGC gained 3.5% at Rs 671. Bharti Airtel moved up 2.3% to Rs 647.
Tata Steel advanced 2% to Rs 208. Hindalco and Larsen & Toubro added 1.5% each to Rs 51 and Rs 728, respectively.
Reliance Communications is up 1.3% at Rs 185. BHEL, Hindustan Unilever and Reliance were up 1% each at Rs 1,413, Rs 253 and Rs 1,230, respectively.
Mahindra & Mahindra plunged 4.5% to Rs 309. Grasim shed 2.7% at Rs 1,245.
ICICI Bank and Wipro dropped 2.5% each to Rs 413 and Rs 232, respectively.
Tata Motors slipped over 2% to Rs 150, and Maruti declined 1.7% to Rs 578.
SBI and Tata Power shed 1.5% each at Rs 1,147 and Rs 762, respectively.
HDFC, Reliance Infrastructure, ITC and NTPC were down around 1% each at Rs 1,547, Rs 535, Rs 171 and Rs 178, respectively.
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