Markets closed in positive terrain

Mumbai: The markets closed in the positive terrain with low volume. The Sensex was trading above the 12,000 level throughout the day.

The Sensex closed at 12,071.30 up 61.71 points. The Nifty breached the 3500 mark but closed marginally below at 3492 up 14 points.

The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 6,032.54 up 47 points.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,059.19 up 24 points.

The BSE FMCG Index rose 2.2 per cent at 2,053.31. Nestle, HLL, ITC, Colgate and Britannia closed in green.

The BSE Health Care Index was up 1.08 per cent at 3,635.76. Divis Labs, Biocon, Cipla, Lupin and Nicholas Pirama closed higher.

The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 1.06 per cent at 8,184.84. BEML, L&T, Lakshmi Machine, SKF India and Ingersoll Rand closed higher.

The BSE Bankex was up 0.3 per cent at 5,659.06. IOB, Kotak Mahindra, Centurion BoP, SBI and Andhra Bank moved downwards.

The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,203.33 up 0.1 per cent. Escorts, Cummins, Sundaram-Clayto, Ashok Leyland, MICO and M&M were among the losers.

The BSE IT Index rose 0.2 per cent at 4,338.35. Moser Baer, Mphasis BFL, Wipro and Infosys advanced.

The BSE Oil and Gas Index lost 0.3 per cent to close at 5,698.89. Chennai Petro, Kochi Refineries, Reliance, ONGC and MRPL closed lower.

The BSE Metal Index was down 1 per cent to close at 8,145.27. Hind Zinc, Nalco, Welspun Guj, Mah Seamless and Sterlite Ind ended lower.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 6075.52 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 18042.13 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 2881.04 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 26998.69 crore.