Sensex bounces back, touches 15K mark

MUMBAI: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex ended touching 15K mark on Monday after kissing around 14, 746 points. In the early trade today, the Sensex opened 39 points lower at 14, 746. During the day, it touched gain and again fell into red zone. But thanks to extensive buying in realty, metal and power stocks that brought back the Sensex to its glory. Finally it was at 15,134 points and the total gain was 250 points.

The positive figure is 1.5 per cent more than its previous close. The NSE Nifty ended at 4459, up 1.5%. The market breadth was positive. Out of 2,714 shares traded, 1,733 (64%) advanced, 900 (33%) declined and 81 (3%) were unchanged on the BSE today.

The midcap and the smallcap indices outperformed the broader market. The indices were up 2% each. All the sectoral indices ended in green. The BSE Capital Goods Index surged around 4% to 12,314. The Realty, metal and Power indices added over 2% each. Auto, bankex, FMCG, oil & gas, healthcare, consumer durables and IT indices were the other sectoral movers.

Tata Motors down 1 per cent to Rs 410

Auto stocks saw down fall for the fourth straight day, Monday, in the view of monsoon. Tata Motors which is going to launch Tata Indigo Vista experienced 1 per cent fall at Rs 410. In the month of August, Toyota is to roll out Toyota Fortuner in the Indian car market. This SUV is supposed to be priced between Rs 18 to 20 lakh. Meanwhile, other loser in the auto industry are Bajaj Auto, Maruti Suzuki and Mahindra. The automobile index slipped 2.4% at 5,326. In the early trade, the index opened at 5,557 and touched a low of 5,311. The BSE auto index has underperformed the boader market and has declined 11.5% since Tuesday's close of 6,007. Mahindra & Mahindra dipped 5% to Rs 791. Maruti Suzuki fall 3% to Rs 1,253. Hero Honda slipped 2.2% at Rs 1,449. Escort and Amtek Auto has dipped 2.5% each to Rs 68 and Rs 135, respectively. Bajaj Auto has dropped 1.5% to Rs 1,159. However, Cummins and Ashok Leyland are up marginally at Rs 290 and Rs 33, respectively.

Maruit rises 1.4 per cent

MUMBAI: In the volitale market, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. Surged 1.4 per cent.

In the early trade, the Sensex was in positive terrain. Maruti's value increased after it announced vehicles sales last month. On Monday morning, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex was up 17 points at 15688, at 12.30 p.m. While National Stock Exchange index Nifty was up 8 points at 4644. Sterlite gained 3 percent.

A measure of six metals traded in London jumped 1.7 percent on Friday. The gauge swung between gains and losses at least six times after advancing as much as 0.6 percent. Two stocks rose for each that fell on the benchmark. The S