The benchmark Nifty saw another lacklustre session of trade but consistently managed to hold the 5100 mark for third consecutive day. It was positive in first half of trade while turned extremely volatile in second half of trade. Heavyweight Reliance Industries (RIL) helped the index to remain positive throughout the session despite some small blips along with volatility; the stock gained nearly 2%.
The Sensex closed at 17092, up 39 points and the Nifty was at 5116, up 14 points, as per provisional data.
Today’s new listing - Texmo Pipes closed at Rs 139.05, up 54.50% over its issue price of Rs 90 per share.
Top gainers on the BSE Midcap: M&M Financial, BF Utilities, Asian Star, Cox and Kings and Blue Star were up 4-7%.
Top losers on the BSE Midcap: Balrampur Chini, Bajaj Hindusthan, Triveni Engineering, Shree Renuka and REI Six Ten were down 3-7%.
Top gainers on the BSE Smallcap: Force Motors, Nitin Fire Protection, Zylog Systems, Man Industries and Orbit Corporatin were up 7-20%.
Top losers on the BSE Smallcap: Dhampur Sugar, Aditya Birla, Gemini Communications and Ajmera Realty were down 5-6.5%.
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