BSE | NSE closing rates - 22-april-2010

(posted under - BSE rates, NSE live) - Indian Stock markets closed in green today as RIL and SBI lead the 30 share index.
Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 17,573.99, up 101.43 points or 0.58 per cent. The index touched a high of 17778.34 and low of 17408.02.

National Stock Exchange’s Nifty was at 5269.35, up 24.45 points or 0.47 per cent. The broader index hit a high of 5331.80 and low of 5221.10. BSE midcap index was however in red but all the other sectoral indices closed in green.

The Sectoral updates for the day at closing is as follows:

Sectoral index	Closing remarks
BSE Midcap Index	Down 0.07 %
BSE Smallcap Index	Down 0.07%
BSE Auto Index	Up^0.9%
BSE Bankex	Down(-1.96) %
BSE Oil&gas Index	Up^1.25%
BSE Realty Index	Down(-1.34) %

Biggest Sensex gainers were State Bank of India (5.58%), Tata Motors (3.34%), Hindustan Unilever (2.09%), Reliance Industries (2.03%) and Jaiprakash Associates (1.73%).
Market breadth on BSE ended on a positive note with 1493 advances against 1404 declines.