Mumbai: The markets had a strong session on the back of buying seen in banking and IT stocks on the triple witching day.
The Sensex closed at 12,698.41 up 75.13 points or 0.6 per cent. The Nifty gained 20 points to close at 3678.
The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 6,514.70 up 50.75 points or 0.8 per cent.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,365.66 up 39.10 points or 0.73 per cent.
The BSE Bankex was up 3.5 per cent at 6,314.59. Oriental Bank, Canara Bank, Bank of India, Union Bank, ICICI Bank and SBI moved upwards.
The BSE IT Index gained 1.12 per cent at 4,791.12. Mphasis BFL, Infosys, Moser Baer, Hexaware Tech and Satyam advanced.
The BSE Metal Index was up 2 per cent to close at 9,102.04. Hind Zinc, Sterlite Ind, Sesa Goa, Mah Seamless and JindalStainless ended higher.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 0.9 per cent at 8,556.98. Alstom Projects, Lakshmi Machine, Siemens, Ingersoll Rand and BEML closed higher.
The BSE Health Care Index closed flat at 3,604.81. Sterling Bio, Glenmark, Divis Labs, Novartis India and FDC closed higher.
The BSE FMCG Index lost 0.6 per cent at 1,986.16. McDowell, Shaw Wallace and Dabur India closed in green.
The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,321.66 up 0.11 per cent and BSE Oil and Gas Index lost 1.17 per cent to close at 5,812.59.
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