Markets Witness Lacklustre Trade To Close in Green

The Indian markets witness lacklustre session in today’s trade to close in green. The Auto index supported the markets to close on a positive note as it closed the day in green gaining more than two percentage points. Metals and Oil & Gas also provided some support as they closed in green gaining more than one percentage points. The main draggers for the day are the IT, Teck and Capital Goods indices. The Sensex closed the day in green gaining 86.37 points or 0.43 percentage points to close at 20,336.63. Nifty ends the day at 6131.55 gaining 28.10 points or 0.46 percentage points. Market breadth was positive with 1,886 advances against 1,106 declines on BSE. On the global front, European stock-index futures were little changed after the benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 Index posted the biggest weekly gain in a month. U.S. futures were also little changed, while Asian shares advanced.