The markets saw a big reversal and shot up on account of heavy buying in scrips across sectors. The Sensex closed with a gain of 616 points. The Nifty closed with hefty gains of 166 points. It was the biggest ever intra day gain for the Nifty and the Sensex.

• The BSE Sensex closed at 9,545.06 up 615.62 points.
• The NSE Nifty closed at 2799 up 166 points.
• The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 5,054.29, up 221 points.
• The BSE Midcap Index ended at 3,924.57, up 203 points.
• About 1660 shares have advanced, 677 shares declined, and 43 shares are unchanged.
• All the BSE sectoral indices closed in green.

Among the top gainers are BHEL, Bajaj Auto [ Get Quote ], Grasim [ Get Quote ], L&T and MTNL [ Get Quote ].

Capital goods stocks like Alfa Laval, Carborundum, BHEL, BEML, Larsen, Siemens and Alstom [ Get Quote ] Projects closed higher. The BSE Capital Goods Index ended up 10.3% at 6,365.554.

Technology stocks like Infosys [ Get Quote ], Wipro [ Get Quote ], I-Flex [ Get Quote ] Solution, Mphasis and Satyam [ Get Quote ] advanced.

The BSE IT Index gained 7.92% to end at 3,284.57.

Auto stocks like Bajaj Auto, TVS [ Get Quote ] Motor, Hind Motors, Bharat Forge [ Get Quote ], Hero Honda [ Images ] and Escorts closed higher. The BSE Auto Index closed at 4,311.68, up 7%.

Metal stocks like Sesa Goa [ Get Quote ], Sterlite Ind, JindalStainless, JSW Steel [ Get Quote ], Jindal Steel and Jindal Saw [ Get Quote ] also gained. The BSE Metal Index closed at 6,968.07, up 6.9%.

The BSE Consumer Durables Index rose 6.42% to close at 2,581.99 due to surge in Titan Industries [ Get Quote ], Su-Raj Diamonds [ Get Quote ], Whirlpool [ Get Quote ] and BPL.

FMCG stocks like Tata Tea [ Get Quote ], Shaw Wallace [ Get Quote ], Dabur India [ Get Quote ], HLL [ Get Quote ], P&G and Nestle [ Get Quote ] also ended in green. The BSE FMCG Index closed at 1,695.60, up 6.39%.

The BSE Bankex also finished rose 5.87% at 4,253.04 as buying was seen in Kotak Mahindra, HDFC Bank [ Get Quote ], IOB, ICICI Bank [ Get Quote ], Canara Bank [ Get Quote ] and Andhra Bank [ Get Quote ].

The BSE Healthcare Index rose 4.93% at 2,967.14 amid buying in pharma stocks like Matrix Lab, Orchid Chemical, GlaxoSmithKline [ Get Quote ], Pfizer [ Get Quote ], Divis Labs and Nicholas Piramal [ Get Quote ].

Oil stocks including IOC, Petronet LNG [ Get Quote ], MRPL, HPCL [ Get Quote ] and ONGC [ Get Quote ] moved up. The BSE Oil & Gas Index ended at 4,626.37, up 4.77%.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 6201.96 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 22642.27 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 3002.83 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 31847 crore versus Rs 32776.67 crore yesterday.

Market summary:

• Biggest ever single-day gain for Sensex, Nifty
• Sensex gains 615 points or 6.89% at 9545
• Nifty up 6.3% or 166 points at 2798
• All Sensex, Nifty stocks end in the green
• All BSE sectoral indices end in green; up over 4.5% each
• BSE Cap Goods Index up 10.3%; BHEL, BEML up over 13% each
• BSE IT Index up nearly 8%; Infosys up nearly 10%
• BSE Auto, Metal, FMCG Indices up over 6% each
• CNX Midcap Index up over 6%; BSE Small-cap Index up 4%
• Indiabulls [ Get Quote ] up 20%, Rel Capital up 18%, Century Tex up 16.5%
• NSE Advance Decline ratio at 5:1
• Total Market Turnover at Rs 31847.06 cr Vs Rs 32776.67 cr a day ago

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