Markets end in red, Sensex slips 167 points

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Sensex was 350 pts off from the day's high while Nifty slipped over 100 pts.

Mumbai: The markets ended in red after a highly volatile session. After opening weak, the markets showed some strength and moved higher, but couldn't hold its position at the higher levels and closed in red.

Sensex was 350 points off from the day's high, Nifty slipped over 100 points from the day's high. The cues from Asia were mixed with Shanghai and Taiwan ending lower. Banking, oil & gas and IT indices were among the major laggards.

Sensex was down 167.29 points or 0.84 per cent at 19700.82, and the Nifty down 22.55 points or 0.38 per cent at 5913.20. About 2045 shares have advanced, 889 shares declined, and 45 shares are unchanged.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 9,340.01 up 0.8 per cent. The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 12,740.29 down 1.7 per cent. The BSE Bankex ended at 11,971.14 down 1.6 per cent. ICICI Bank, Centurion Bank, HDFC Bank, Federal Bank, Canara Bank moved downwards.

The BSE Capital Goods Index closed up 1.4 per cent at 18,931.82. Triveni Engg, Siemens, L&T, Thermax closed lower. The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,307.74 up 0.7 per cent. Hind Motors, Bharat Forge, Tube Investment, Maruti Suzuki, Apollo Tyres closed lower.

The BSE Metal Index closed at 18,147.00 up 0.7 per cent. NALCO, Shree Precoated, Mah Seamless, Jindal Steel, Jindal Saw, JindalStainless closed higher. The BSE FMCG Index closed up 1.8 per cent at 2,347.27. Colgate, ITC, Bata India, Godrej Consumer, HUL, GlaxoSmith Con closed higher.

BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 13,381.37 down 2 per cent. Reliance Natura, HPCL, RPL,ONGC, Reliance, ONGC ended in red

BSE power index closed at 4,468.86 up 0.2 per cent. Torrent Power, NTPC, Reliance Energy, Tata Power, Power Grid Corp, Crompton Greave ended in red.

The BSE IT Index was down 0.8 per cent at 3,853.54. I-Flex Solution, Patni Computer, Financial Tech, Mphasis, Tech Mahindra, TCS, Infosys closed lower. The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 20487.3 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 67865.55 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 7703.59 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 96056.44 crore.