On Thursday, equity benchmarks closed at their highest levels in 17 months ahead of the Cabinet meeting to discuss foreign direct investment in insurance and pension sectors, among other key bills. Both Sensex and Nifty gained 1% each. Buying was seen in realty, consumer durables, financials, capital goods and power stocks.
The Sensex closed at 19058, up 188 points, while the Nifty jumped 56 points to end the day at 5787.
Major gainers were Bharat Heavy Electricals (6.57%), ICICI Bank (2.93%), Dr Reddy's Laboratories (2.16%), State Bank of India (2.15%), Maruti Suzuki India (1.97%) and HDFC Bank (1.88%).
Major losers were Cipla (3.86%), Mahindra & Mahindra (1.24%), Bajaj Auto (1.05%), Hero MotoCorp (1.02%), Coal India (0.92%) and Hindalco Industries (0.56%).
The Realty index was up 4.94%. Major gainers were DB Realty (9.97%), Indiabulls Real Estate (8.38%), Housing Development and Infrastructure (5.65%), DLF (5.4%) and Godrej Properties (0.82%).
The Consumer Durables index gained 2.44%. Major gainers were Blue Star (5.74%), Titan Industries (3.01%), Gitanjali Gems (1.52%), Whirlpool of India (1.28%) and C.Mahendra Exports (0.11%).
The Bankex jumped 1.92%. Major gainers were Federal Bank (2.23%), H D F C Bank (1.88%), Bank of Baroda (1.46%), Bank of India (0.3%) and Canara Bank (0.07%).
The HC index slipped 0.92%. Major losers were Cipla (3.86%), Cadila Healthcare (3.09%), Biocon (1.66%), Aurobindo Pharma (1.57%) and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise (1.37%).
Major gainers in the mid–cap space were A I A Engineering (2.49%), Amtek Auto (2.22%), Aban Offshore (1.75%), Alstom India (1.61%) and Allcargo Logistics (0.22%).
Major gainers among small caps were Aegis Logistics (5.08%), Action Construction Equipment (4.76%), Styrolution ABS (India) (3.7%), Aarti Industries (2.25%) and Trident (0.53%).
Globally, Asia ended on a higher note while European indices were trading in the green.
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