Nifty closes above 10,000 mark, BSE Healthcare index end up by over 2 per cent

Major Indian Benchmark indices Nifty and Sensex witnessed a choppy trade on Thursday. However, the indices ended positive. Nifty 50 ended with a  10,086.60 level, up by 0.07 per cent and S&P BSE Sensex closed at 32,241.93 level, up by 0.17 per cent.

On the broader markets, S&P BSE MidCap index ended at 16017.12 level, up by 0.57 per cent and S&P BSE SmallCap index  closed at 16625.30 level, higher by 0.64 per cent on Thursday. However, India VIX closed at 11.4 with a loss of 2.42 per cent.

Tata Motors DVR, Axis Bank, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Adani Ports, Tata Motors, Cipla, Dr Reddy’s, Lupin, HCL Tech and Bank of Baroda were the top gainers on Nifty. Whereas, Wipro, Vedanta, GAIL, IndusInd Bank, Asian Paints, Kotak Bank, Mahindra and Mahindra, ONGC, Hindustan Unilever and Larsen & Toubro were the top losers on Nifty.   

S&P BSE Healthcare index was the top gaining index on BSE among all the sectoral indices. While most of the sectoral indices closed in red, BSE Healthcare index ended with a gain of 2.11 per cent at 13789.74 level. Mangalam Drugs & Organics became the top gaining stock in the index. 

Mangalam Drugs & Organics ended at Rs 164.70, higher by 20 per cent. The stock breached its upper circuit and witnessed a spurt in its volume by 8.97 times. Poly Medicure Limited ended at Rs 232, up by 13.14 per cent. The other top stocks of the index were Piramal Enterprises, Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company and Divi’s Lab which ended with a gain of over 5 per cent.

S&P BSE Metal index was the top losing sectoral index, down by 0.67 per cent at 13936.40 level. However, Jindal Steel of the BSE Metal index closed with a gain of over 4 per cent at Rs 147.60 per share.