Sensex ends in green; Bharti, RCom, L&T, TCS up

MUMBAI: Benchmarks snapped two-day losing streak and ended volatile session on a positive note. Oil&gas, realty and banks offset losses in FMCG, power and auto stocks.

Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex ended at 19117.24, up 26.07 points or 0.14 per cent. The 30-share index hit a high of 19201.92 and low of 18976.19 in today's trade.

National Stock Exchange's Nifty closed at 5744.35, up 15.25 points or 0.27 per cent. The broader index touched a high of 5762.95 and low of 5693.25 intraday.

BSE Midcap Index was up 0.39 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved 0.35 per cent higher.

Amongst the sectoral indices, BSE FMCG Index was down 0.89 per cent, BSE Power Index fell 0.76 per cent and BSE Auto Index slipped 0.34 per cent. BSE Oil&gas Index was up 0.57 per cent and BSE Bankex moved up 0.46 per cent.

Bharti Airtel (2.39%), Reliance Communications (2.13%), L&T (1.74%) Bajaj Auto (1.50%) and TCS (1.42%) were the top Sensex gainers.

Hero Honda (-4.82%), BHEL (-2.53%), ITC (-1.03%), HUL (-1.02%) and Maruti (-0.84%) were the top losers.

Market breadth was negative on the BSE with 1503 declines against 1366 advances.