Overall it was a good trading day for the markets wherein it opened on a very euphoric note and proceeded to trade steady during the first half of day but slipped little bit in second half of the day. Finally it ended the last trading day with decent gain.

Realty, capital good and consumer durable stocks were the flavour of the day, however all the key indices traded in green through the day. Pharma and oil & gas indices were not up to the mark and struggled to keep their heads up in mild green.

The Sensex ended up 152.70 points or 1.02% at 15138.40, and the Nifty was up 45.20 points or 1.04% at 4401.55. About 1718 shares have advanced, 1184 shares declined, and 84 shares are unchanged.

BSE Midcap was up 89.82 points at 6605.24 and small cap was up 86.08 points at 7891.54.

BSE Auto Index was ended up 49.57 points at 4796.65, Exide, Cummins, Punjab Tractors and Apollo Tyres were the top gainers.