Mumbai: The markets opened the week on a positive note with broad based buying seen in frontliners as well as midcap stocks.
The Sensex closed at 11,914.21 up 136 points. The Nifty gained 41 points to close at 3477.
The markets were tracking its Asian peers, which ended higher.
The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 5,888.00 up 1.3 per cent or 74 points.
The BSE Midcap Index gained 1.9 per cent or 94 points to close at 4,939.72.
All the BSE sectoral indices closed in the positive terrain.
The BSE IT Index gained 1.8 per cent at 4,365.01. Patni Computer, TCS, Satyam, Infosys and Hexaware Tech moved northwards on the bourses.
The BSE Auto Index rose 1.8 per cent at 5,143.12. TVS Motor, Cummins, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland and Maruti Udyog were among the gainers.
The BSE Capital Goods Index rose 1.6 per cent at 7,918.45. KEC Infrastructure, Gammon India, Praj Industries, Lakshmi Machine and HEG closed higher.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index gained 1.2 per cent at 5,755.11. HPCL, Chennai Petro, BPCL, IOC and Petronet LNG rose higher.
The BSE Bankex was up 1.1 per cent at 5,444.60. Federal Bank, Karnataka Bank, Canara Bank, IOB and ICICI Bank moved upwards.
The BSE Metal Index gained 0.9 per cent at 8,232.36. Welspun Guj, Jindal Saw, JindalStainless, Sterlite Ind and Hind Zinc witnessed selling pressure.
The BSE FMCG Index closed was up 0.8 per cent at 2,050.89. Dabur India, McDowell, HLL, Shaw Wallace and P&G closed in green.
The BSE Health Care Index gained 0.7 per cent at 3,636.04. Divis Labs, Pfizer, Wyeth, Aurobindo Pharma and Aventis Pharma gained.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 5677 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 17141.81 crore.
The BSE cash turnover was Rs 2864.14 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 25682.95 crore.
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