Market Round Up
The markets ended with modest gain after an extreme volatile session. The Sensex closed at 15,904 up 73 points after seeing an intraday high of 15,973 and low of 15,695.

The Nifty shut at 4,694 up 14 points. Among the broader indices, the BSE Midcap Index closed flat while the Smallcap Index gained 1%.

The market breadth was positive and volumes were marginally lower, the total traded turnover stood at Rs 87,766 cr. as against Rs 88,023 cr.

Buying was seen in oil & gas, cement and technology shares, while selling continued in capital goods, realty, metal, FMCG, banking, select telecom and auto stocks.

Movers & Shakers
The BSE IT index rose 1.9 % led by gains in NIIT and Moser Baer. The stocks surged over 6 % each. Wipro and Infosys also gained more than 2 % each.

The oil & gas index was also up 1.9 %. ONGC, Aban Offshore, Reliance Ind and BPCL were the main gainers in the group up 2-4.5%.

The BSE realty index fell 1.9 %. Indiabulls Real, Peninsula Land, HDIL, DLF, Sobha Developer and Unitech were down 1-3.8%.

In the capital goods space, ABB, Suzlon Energy, BHEL and Punj Lloyd were down 0.5-1.6%.

The BSE auto index fell 1.1 %. In the auto space, Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj Auto and Apollo Tyres were the main losers, down over 1.5 % each.

In the banking space, Axis Bank tumbled 4.83%. HDFC Bank slipped 1.5% and SBI down 0.64%. However, Kotak Mahindra surged 6%. Bank of Baroda and ICICI Bank went up 1.3% each.

In the Sensex pack ONGC rose 4.5 % to end at Rs 1,192. Wipro was up 3.2 % and Infosys gained 2.5 %.

Maruti was the biggest loser in the group. The stock fell 3 % to Rs 1,440.