Mkts end flat; gain 2 pc during the week

Mumbai: The markets closed flat on the last of the week but have done well for itself during the week.

The markets were seen consolidating on Thursday and Friday after seeing a significant run up earlier during the week.

In Friday's trade select metal and power stocks provided support to the markets at the lower levels.

The Sensex closed up 22.50 points or 0.16 per cent at 13703.33, and the Nifty up 5.40 points or 0.14 per cent at 3950.85.

About 1328 shares have advanced, 1154 shares declined, and 85 shares are unchanged.

NTPC, Dr Reddys Labs, Tata Steel, Hindalco, Zee and IPCL were the top gainers on the indices.

Hero Honda, Bharti Airtel, Reliance, L&T, Siemens, Suzlon Energy and GAIL were the top loser on the indices.

The BSE Midcap Index was up 0.7 per cent or 39.42 points at 5,654.71.

The BSE Small Cap Index closed up 0.66 per cent or 42.87 points at 6,523.03.

The BSE Auto Index was up 0.12 per cent or 6.52 points at 5,339.35. Apollo Tyres, Punj Tractors, Amtek Auto, Hind Motors, TVS Motor gained.

The BSE Bankex was up 0.05 per cent or 3.53 points at 7,150.46. IOB, Kotak Mahindra, Bank of India, PNB and Bank of Baroda ended positive.

The BSE FMCG Index gained 0.4 per cent or 8.01 points at 2,000.99. Nirma, P&G, Dabur India, Colgate and Shaw Wallace closed up

The BSE Health Care Index advanced 0.65 per cent or 24.02 points at 3,743.78. Ipca Labs, Dr Reddys Labs, Cipla, GlaxoSmithKline, Ranbaxy Labs rose.

The BSE IT Index closed with moderate gained 0.43 per cent or 22.07 points at 5,156.87. I-Flex Solution, Hexaware Tech, Wipro, HCL Info and Infosys ended in green.

The BSE Metal Index surged 1.36 per cent or 120.58 points at 9,015.39. Tata Steel, Welspun Guj, SAIL, Hindalco and JindalStainless witness buying interest.

The BSE Capital Goods Index tumbled 1.31 per cent or -118.90 points at 8,991.20. Siemens, Crompton Greave, Thermax, KEC Infrastruct, Lakshmi Machine and Carborundum Universal slipped.

The BSE Oil and Gas Index closed in red 0.26 per cent or 16.08 points at 6,178.39. Chennai Petro, Reliance Natural, IOC, GAIL and Reliance declined.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 8179.7 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 26772.78 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 5228.04 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 40180.52 crore.