It was not a bad session for the markets as they ended in green after spending most of the day in negative terrain. Recovery came in during the final hour of trade on the back of buying seen in banking, auto and metal stocks. SBI ended the day with a gain of over 4%. The other gainers were Hero Honda, Tata Steel and Reliance Enery. However the IT stocks continued to sulk and the BSE index index ended in red.

The Sensex closed up 16.05 points or 0.12% at 13781.51, and the Nifty up 2.30 points or 0.06% at 4079.3.

About 1093 shares have advanced, 1387 shares declined, and 103 shares are unchanged.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,792.15 up 12.33 points or 0.21%.

The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 6,918.60 down 20.65 points or -0.30%.

The BSE Auto Index closed at 5,007.06 up 0.54%. Cummins, Hero Honda, Bharat Forge, Bajaj Auto and TVS Motor moved up.

The BSE Bankex was up 1.46% at 6,851.35. Federal Bank, SBI, Bank of India, Bank of Baroda and Oriental Bank ended positive.

The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 0.46% at 9,945.29. SKF India, Siemens, Praj Industries, Alfa Laval and Dredging Corp gained.

The BSE Health Care Index was up 0.09% at 3,700.56. Divis Labs, Aventis Pharma, Orchid Chemical, Nicholas Pirama and GlaxoSmithKline ended up.

The BSE Metal Index closed at 9,966.89 up 0.35%. Welspun Guj, JSW Steel, Tata Steel and Sterlite Ind closed in green.

The BSE FMCG Index lost 0.12% at 1,804.00. Nestle, Colgate, HLL and Shaw Wallace closed down.

The BSE Oil and Gas Index closed down 0.26% at 7,230.69. GAIL, ONGC, Reliance Natural and Chennai Petro ended negative.

The BSE IT Index slipped 0.92% at 4,887.62. Moser Baer, TCS, HCL Tech, Hexaware Tech and Infosys closed in red.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 8381.27crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 31001.77 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 4081.17 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 43464.21crore.

Markets today

· Markets close flat after choppy session; bank stocks shine

· Sensex ends tad higher at 13,781; Nifty flat at 4079 points

· BSE Bankex up 1.8%; SBI up 3.8%, PNB up 2.2%, ICICI bank up 1.1%

· Index gainers: Suzlon up 3.3%, Hero Honda up 3%, Siemens up 2.7%

· BSE IT Sector index down 0.9%; TCS down 2.1%, HCL Tech down 1.5%

· Index losers: GAIL down 4.2%, HLL down 1.8%, Cipla down 1.7%

· Midcap stocks outperform market; small caps close in the red

· CNX Midcap index up 0.5%; BSE Small Cap index down 0.3%

· New listing: Fortis Healthcare ends at Rs 100 vs listing price of Rs 106

· Market breadth negative; NSE Advance Decline ratio 5:7

· Total market turnover Rs 43,464.21 cr vs Rs 40,927.59 cr

F&O action:

• Turnover at Rs 31,001.77 cr vs Rs 27,126.82 cr
• Top traded: RIL, Rel Cap, SBI, Tata Steel, Bharti
• Top traded: Rel Comm, ICICI Bank, IFCI, IDBI
• IFCI adds 91 lakh shares in Open Interest
• SAIL adds 28.7 lakh shares in Open Interest
• IDBI adds 27.3 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Ashok Ley adds 16.6 lakh shares in Open Interest
• India Cements adds 9.3 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Syndicate Bank adds 9 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Cipla adds 8.4 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Nagar Fert sheds 28.8 lakh shares in Open Interest
• Bajaj Hind sheds 91 lakh shares in Open Interest