Markets ends marginally in green: ONGC, Bharti gain


The markets ended marginally in green amid a rangebound session. Sensex ended flat but Nifty closed with modest gains eyeing the 4,300 mark. In terms of cues, Asia ended mixed with a negative bias and even Europe opened weak.

Telecom, capital goods and oil refinery stocks are trading in green. The rupee is trading weak against the dollar at 40.95, giving boost to metal stocks but IT index ended in red. Also select banking, cement, oil marketing and pharma stocks ended lower.

New listings like Time Technoplast, Netflier, Icra have did well in today's market.

Sensex was up 13.36 points or 0.09% at 14501.08, and the Nifty up 26.30 points or 0.62% at 4285.7.

About 1461 shares have advanced, 1098 shares declined, and 83 shares are unchanged.