Sensex closes above historic 13,000-mark

The markets closed on a new high on a day when most of the Asian markets ended in deep red. The Sensex closed above the 13,000 mark for the first time ever.

The Sensex closed at 13,024.26 up 117.45 points or 0.9%. It took 135 days for Sensex to move from 12,000 to 13,000 and 123 days to move from 12,500 to 13,000.

The Nifty gained 30 points to close at 3769. The BSE Small Cap Index closed at 6,483.80 down 36.58 points or 0.5%.
The BSE Midcap Index ended at 5,422.63 up 26.36 points or 0.5%.
The BSE Bankex was up 1.9% at 6,517.85. Allahabad Bank [ Get Quote ], ICICI Bank [ Get Quote ], HDFC Bank [ Get Quote ], Kotak Mahindra moved upwards.
The BSE IT Index gained 0.4% at 4,859.60. Patni Computer, HCL [ Get Quote ] Tech, Wipro [ Get Quote ], Infosys [ Get Quote ] and Satyam [ Get Quote ] advanced.
The BSE Capital Goods Index was up 0.5% at 8,704.26. Alstom [ Get Quote ] Projects, Alfa Laval, Lakshmi Machine, Gammon India [ Get Quote ] and L&T closed higher.

The BSE Health Care Index was up 0.7% at 3,653.35. Glenmark [ Get Quote ], Cadila Health, Sterling Bio, Dr Reddys Labs, Orchid Chemical closed higher.

The BSE FMCG Index gained 0.4% at 2,018.62. Dabur India [ Get Quote ], McDowell, Colgate, Shaw Wallace [ Get Quote ] and HLL [ Get Quote ] closed in green.
The BSE Oil and Gas Index gained 1.2% to close at 6,050.21. Chennai Petro, HPCL [ Get Quote ], Reliance Natura, BPCL [ Get Quote ] ended in green.
The BSE Auto Index closed flat at 5,388.50 and the BSE Metal Index was down 0.4% to close at 9,098.73.
The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 8412.3 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 25315.7 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 3696.95 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 37424.95 crore.