Market ends strong: Bank, cap goods, cement shine

29 June 2007

The markets ended the day on a strong note with buying seen in scrips across sectors. Capital goods, banking, IT, cement and sugar stocks were among the top gainers. The broader markets did extremely well during the day as well as week giving markets an excellent breadth. The turnover was brisk. Except for metal, all the sectoral indices closed in green.

Sensex is up 145.94 points or 1.01% at 14650.51, and the Nifty up 36.30 points or 0.85% at 4318.3.

About 1452 shares have advanced, 1091 shares declined, and 89 shares are unchanged.

On a weekly basis, Sensex was up nearly 1.2% and Nifty was up 1.5%. Even on a weekly basis banking index gave a standout performance.

RPL was up 15%, ACC was up 9% and Suzlon was up 8% were among the top gainers during the week.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 6,527.03 up 69.03 points or 1.07%.