Markets End in Green as Metal Stocks Surges

The Indian markets witnessed good buying interest and closed the day on a positive note. All the broader indices and almost all the sectoral indices closed the day in green with the only exception being the healthcare index which closed the day on a flat in red. The main gainer for the day is the metal index that closed the day with a gain of more than three percentage points followed by the realty and auto indices gaining nearly one percentage points. The Sensex closed the day in green gaining 99.09 points or 0.55 percentage points to close at 17,977.23. Nifty ends the day at 5399.35 gaining 31.35 points or 0.58 percentage points. Market breadth was positive with 1,550 advances against 1,349 declines on BSE. On the global front, European stocks climbed as companies from Apple Inc. to Fiat SpA and Accor SA reported better-than- estimated results. Asian shares and U.S. index futures gained.