STOCKS-CLOSE 2 LST

The market was saved from moving in negative zone as
battered banking stocks recovered on emergence of buying by
funds at existing attractive low levels, marketmen said.

The market had lost nearly 536 points in the last three
trading sessions.
Major support to the market came in from stocks of FMCG,
healthcare, IT, banking, teck, auto, consumer durable and
metal.
On the other hand, shares of oil and gas, capital goods,
PSU and realty sector closed with small to notable losses. As
the investors shifted their portfolios, mid-cap and small-cap
sector indices also recorded gains.
The FMCG sector index gained the most by 3.03 per cent to
2,824.71 followed by healthcare index by 2.05 per cent to
4,401.80. The IT index rose by 2.04 per cent to 4,528.43 and
banking index by 1.31 per cent to 10,231.41.
Among the losers, oil and gas sector suffered the most by
losing 2.71 per cent to 10,006.69 followed by capital goods
index by 1.44 per cent to 13,447.45. PSU index lost 0.05 per
cent to 8,969.48 and realty sector 0.03 per cent to 4,522.81.
PTI RS
ANU


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