Mkts manage positive close on volume

Mumbai: The markets closed in green, they were choppy and were moving within a tight range throughout the day.

The BSE Sensex finally closed at 10,695.26 up 86 points.

The Nifty closed at 3151 up 21 points.

The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 5,362.53, up 5 points.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 4,394.79, up 14 points.

The BSE Metal Index advanced by 0.89 per cent at 8,529.95. JindalStainless, Tata Steel, Jindal Steel, Nalco, and Sterlite Ind witnessed heavy buying interest.

The BSE Consumer Durables Index gained 0.71 per cent at 2,756.82. Titan Industries, Blue Star, Whirlpool, Su-Raj Diamonds and BPL moved up.

The BSE FMCG Index was up 1.58 per cent at 1,980.57. Colgate, P&G, HLL and Nestle closed in green.

The BSE Oil and Gas Index rose 0.84 per cent at 5,338.08. ONGC, Chennai Petro, IOC and Reliance advanced higher.

The BSE IT Index was up by 1.53 per cent at 3,800.68. TCS, Infosys, HCL Tech, Moser Baer and Satyam moved up.

The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 0.41 per cent at 7,056.90.

The BSE Bankex was up 0.24 per cent at 4,359.28.

The Auto index closed at 4,735.48, down 0.4 per cent.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 5055.19 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 16281.05 crore.

The BSE cash turnover was at Rs 2395.26 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 23731.5 crore.