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Market ends quiet on the first day

Market Closing Report - Source Moneycontrol.com
Sensex closed up 13.72 points or 0.07% at 20300.71, and the Nifty up 5.75 points or 0.09% at 6144.35.
About 2418 shares have advanced, 651 shares declined, and 36 shares are unchanged.
The BSE Bankex was up 1% at 11,510.31. IOB, Allahabad Bank, Centurion Bank, Andhra Bank, Karnataka Bank closed in green.
The BSE Capital Goods Index closed flat at 19,747.80. Greaves Cotton, Kirloskar Oil, Astra Microwave, Reliance Infra closed higher.
The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,716.49 up 1%. Hind Motors, Apollo Tyres, Exide Industrie, Bharat Forge, Tata Motors closed higher.
The BSE Metal Index closed at 20,061.49 up 0.2%. Mah Seamless, JindalStainless, Jindal Saw, SAIL, Jindal Steel closed higher
The BSE FMCG Index closed up 2.4% at 2,375.07. ITC, Marico, Tata Tea, Dabur India, HUL, Godrej Consumer ended higher
BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 13,280.88 down 0.2%. Essar Oil, Petronet LNG, Reliance Petro, ONGC ended higher.
The BSE IT Index was at 4,471.48 down 1.3%. Mphasis, TCS, HCL Tech, Wipro, Satyam closed lower.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 16560.68 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 49163.28 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 8911.47 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 74635.43 crore.

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