Sensex ends at new high of 15,092 points

New Delhi:

The markets had a good day and ended strong on broad based buying in scrips across sectors.

It was an all time high close for Sensex, Nifty, CNX mid cap and BSE small cap index. Barring technology all the sectors participated in the rally. Power, metal, realty, infrastructure stocks led the up trend.

The 30-share Sensex shot up by 181.42 points at 15,092.04, surpassing the previous record of 15,045.73 reached on July 9. It touched an intra-day high of 15,112.22 and a low of 14,963.53 points.

The Nifty up 59 points at 4446. The BSE Midcap Index ended at 6,782.69 up 78 points or 1.2 per cent.

Asia ended in green and even Europe was trading reasonably in the positive terrain.

Broader markets have continued to outperform the benchmark indices, giving markets an excellent breadth.

GMR was the star performer; the stock was up nearly 14 per cent at Rs 952.

Hindalco, Reliance Energy , BHEL, Reliance Comm , HDFC, ICICI Bank are among the top gainers on Sensex.

Bajaj Auto was up three per cent, as the company seems confident with the second half of the year. Bajaj Auto declared lower than expected quarter one results with margin dipping over 300 bps.

The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 8,215.56 up 1.7 per cent. The BSE Bankex was up 1.7 per cent at 8,215.51. Oriental Bank, HDFC Bank, Bank of India, PNB, Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank moved upwards.

The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 1.5 per cent at 12,940.79. Astra Microwave, Reliance Infra, Bharat Bijlee, Kirloskar Oil, Alstom Projects, BHEL, Gammon India closed higher.

The BSE Health Care Index was up 1 per cent at 3,868.29. Divis Labs, Sterling Bio, Glenmark, Matrix Lab, Wockhardt closed higher.

The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,006.55 up 1.8 per cent. Apollo Tyres, TVS Motor, Bajaj Auto, Ashok Leyland, Mah and Mah, Maruti Udyog surged.

The BSE Metal Index closed at 11,475.26 up 3.3 per cent. Hindalco, Sterlite Ind, SAIL, Jindal Steel, NALCO, JSW Steel advanced higher.

The BSE IT Index closed flat at 4,870.06. The BSE FMCG Index gained 0.7 per cent at 1,857.37. Marico, Tata Tea, United Spirits, United Brewerie, HUL, Bata India ended higher.

BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 7,682.19 up 0.8 per cent. Essar Oil, Reliance Petro, GAIL, HPCL, Reliance closed higher.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 12865.58 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 43187.29 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 6079.16 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 62132.03 crore.