Friday, January 20, 2012

Todays Market Closing Report - 20th January 2012

"Sensex gains for 3 consecutive weeks"
Led by banking, the markets closed positive for the third consecutive week Auto, capital goods and oil & gas, too, made significant gains. The Sensex was up 3.8% while the Nifty gained 4% during the week. The CNX Midcap index was up 2.4%, the BSE Smallcap gained 1.7% and the Bank Nifty was up 6%. The BSE Capital Goods gained 5.5%, BSE Auto was up 4.2% while BSE OilGas closed with 7% gain over the week. The top Nifty gainers during the week were Reliance Infra and Maruti Suzuki while the biggest losers included Mahindra & Mahindra and ITC.