India’s Equity Benchmark Indices, Sensex and Nifty ended in the positive territory today after a firm trading session. The Sensex rose 712 points, or 0.92%, to close at 78,054. Nifty gained 183 points, or 0.78%, to settle at 23,721.

In the broader market at the BSE, the Mid-Cap index was down by 0.26 percent & the Small-cap index was marginally down by 0.03 percent.

15 out of 30 companies registered gains in the Sensex index. The top three gainers today were Axis Bank 3.40 percent, ICICI Bank 2.48 percent and HDFC Bank 2.32 percent.

Conversely, the three major laggards were, Powegrid 1.64 percent, Tata Steel 1.24 percent and Asian Paints 1.16 percent.

In Sectoral Indices at the BSE, 13 out of 20 Sectors were negative. The top three gainers were, Bankex sector 1.87 percent, Financial Services 1.45 percent and Information Technology sector 0.53 percent.

Whereas, Realty sector 1.82 percent, Power sector 1.05 percent and Utilities sector 0.95 percent were the three major laggards.

The overall Market breadth was negative. Out of 4,000 Companies, the shares of 1808 companies advanced, 2075 declined and 117 remain unchanged.