Market ends near day's high: Metal, oil, realty up

14 March 2008

The markets ended higher near the day's high amid a volatile session. The markets outperformed its Asian peers that ended weak. All the BSE sectors closed higher with realty, metal, oil indices leading the uptrend. Frontliners have outperformed the broader markets. But on weekly basis Sensex closed down 1.1% and Nifty was down 0.3%.

Top gainers on the indices today were DLF, Jaiprakash Asso and Satyam, BPCL and Power Grid Corp.

Sensex closed up 403.17 points or 2.63% at 15760.52, and the Nifty up 122.20 points or 2.64% at 4745.80.

About 1337 shares have advanced, 1640 shares declined, and 78 shares are unchanged.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 6,583.45 up 0.9%.

The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 8,079.50 up 0.1%.