The benchmark indices ended smartly with hefty gains after yesterday's steep fall on the back of positive global cues and short covering on the F&O expiry day. The Sensex closed at 11,403 up 402 points or 3.65% and the Nifty surged 3.32% or 112 points to settle at 3,474. Te BSE Midcap Index closed 63 points or 1.83% and the Smallcap Index went up 1.35% or 52.
All BSE sectoral indexes ended in green. Buying was across the board, IT, banking, oil & gas and capital goods let the rally today.
The Sensex ended the April series with 17.5% gain while the Nifty surged 15%.
Movers & Shakers
Oil prices fell again on Tuesday by nearly 40 cents to $50.14 per barrel on the declining demand and swine flu.
Most of the metals ended the day on a downward note taking cues from the worsening Swine flu situation and weakening demand outlook across the globe. The worst hit was nickel, shedding $575 and closing the day at a three week low of $10800 on LME .
Gold was quoted at $889.70 an ounce, down by more than 1%, the biggest in more than two weeks. In the Indian markets, gold went down by Rs 195 to close at 14515 continuing the sluggish demand post Akshay Tritiya and ahead of a long weekend.
