Markets End in Green

The Indian markets started the clearing week on a bullish note. The Sensex witnessed a run of 171 points to end at 18412, while the Nifty ended the day at 5526 gaining 55 points. The main gainers for the day are the PSU, Capital Goods and Banking indices which closed the day gaining more than one and a half percentage points. The Oil & Gas index too end in green with the increase in the Diesel, Kerosene and LPG prices led by the upstream and OMC companies. The market breadth was positive with 1636 advances against 1193 declines on the BSE. On the global front, European stocks fluctuated between gains and losses after eight weeks of declines pushed the benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 Index to a three-month low. U.S. index futures were little changed while Asian shares retreated.