The markets ended the week on an extremely strong note taking cues from strong Asian markets. The turnover was brisk but the smallcap and midcaps underperformed the benchmark indices. The star sector was metals, the BSE Metal index ended up over 4.5%.

Except for pharma and realty all the other BSE indices ended in green.

Hindalco, Tata Steel, Sterlite Ind, Reliance, Zee, BHEL, Larsen, ITC, Tata Motors, HDFC are among the top gainers on indices.

Sensex closed at15272 up 180 points and the Nifty closed up 58 points at 4504.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 6,795.30 up 13 points or 0.2%.