Market ends flat: Cement, metal, realty stocks gain

New Delhi: Markets saw a good turnaround after slipping deep in red in the after noon trade. BSE Sensex closed 11.35 points or 0.07 per cent up at 15,301.17. The National Stock Exchange index Nifty closed up 2.80 points or 0.06 per cent at 4,499.55.

Realty stocks hogged the limelight ahead of DLF numbers. Capital goods, FMCG and oil and gas stocks were among the top losers on the indices.

Market breadth was in favour of the declines and turnover was brisk. DLF overtook ICICI Bank, Infosys in terms of market capitalisation. Reliance, ONGC, NTPC, Bharti, TCS are ahead of DLF in market cap.

ICICI Bk, Bharti, ACC, DLF, Zee News were among the gainers. Cement, metal, realty and two wheelers saw buying interest on the bourses. The BSE Midcap Index ended at 6,776.19 down 13 points or 0.20 per cent.

The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 8,184.11 down 24 points or 0.29 per cent. The BSE Capital Goods Index was closed at 12,675.13 down 1 per cent. Bharat Bijlee, Larsen, Alstom Projects, Reliance Infra, Areva T&D closed lower.

The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,051.90 up 0.7 per cent. Bajaj Auto, Hero Honda, Cummins, Hind Motors, Apollo Tyres, Exide Industrie ended in the green.

The BSE Metal Index closed at 11,948.44 up 0.7 per cent. Hindalco, Sterlite Ind, SAIL, Jindal Saw advanced.

The BSE FMCG Index lost 0.6 per cent at 1,835.66. Tata Tea, Dabur India, Marico, ITC, Bata India ended in red.

BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 7,937.15 down 0.6 per cent. ONGC, Reliance Petro, Essar Oil, IOC closed in red.

The BSE IT Index gained 0.11 per cent at 4,885.34. Infosys, TCS, Financial Tech closed higher.

The BSE Bankex was up 0.2 per cent at 8,371.91. Kotak Mahindra, Oriental Bank, Andhra Bank, Allahabad Bank closed higher.

BSE Realty index was up 1.6 per cent. DLF, Akruti Nirman, Mahindra Gesco, Sobha Developer, Peninsula Land were the top gainers

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 11300.64 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 45052.64 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 5722.37crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 62075.65crore.