Mkt ends flat amid volatility: Oil up, cap goods down

New Delhi: The markets ended the day flat after an extremely volatile session. Even Asia had a very choppy session after opening in positive they lost steam to close mixed. Nifty was hovering around the 4,700 mark. Buying was seen in select oil, IT and FMCG stocks.

However, dragging the markets down were bank, capital goods,metal and power stocks. Midcap index ended in red down 0.6 per cent inline with the Sensex. The BSE smallcap index ended flat.

BSE Capital goods index was down 3 per cent. BHEL and L&T plunged. BSE power, bank, metal and auto indices were down over 1 per cent each.

BHEL, L&T, M&M, Tata Steel, HDFC Bank, SAIL, Bharti Airtel, Wipro were among the top losers.

Among the frontliners gainers were HUL, TCS, Hindalco, BPCL, ONGC, Cairn, ONGC, Suzlon Energy.

Sensex closed down 17.82 points or 0.11 per cent at 15626.62, and the Nifty up 5.05 points or 0.11 per cent at 4739.55.

About 1886 shares have advanced, 1113 shares declined, and 67 shares are unchanged.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 6,395.42 down 0.5 per cent.

The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 7,865.90 up 0.3 per cent.

The BSE Bankex ended at 7,641.58 down 1 per cent. Bank of India, Andhra Bank, Kotak Mahindra, Oriental Bank, Allahabad Bank moved downwards.

The BSE Capital Goods Index closed down 3 per cent at 12,706.31. BHEL, L&T, Astra Microwave, BEML, Crompton Greave, Thermax, Greaves Cotton, Areva T&D closed lower.

The BSE Auto Index closed at 4,476.57 down 1 per cent. Escorts, TVS Motor, Amtek Auto, Cummins, Punj Tractors, MRF closed lower.

The BSE Metal Index closed at 13,764.99 down 2 per cent. Tata Steel, SAIL, Hind Zinc, Sterlite, Mah Seamless, Jindal Steel, Jindal Saw closed lower.

The BSE FMCG Index closed up 2 per cent at 2,334.81. Colgate, ITC, Nestle, Dabur ended higher

BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 10,329.66 up 3 per cent. BPCL, HPCL, IOC, Reliance Natura, GAIL ended higher.

BSE power index closed at 3,157.57 down 1 per cent. Torrent Power, NTPC, Reliance Energy, Tata Power, Power Grid Corp, Crompton Greave ended in red.

The BSE IT Index was down 0.2 per cent at 3,541.25.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 10989.3 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 35887.48 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 4707.6 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 51584.38 crore.

(With inputs from moneycontrol.com)