BSE's SENSEX ends just shy of 20000

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It turned out to be a good day for Indian stock markets as benchmark index Bombay Stock Exchange's SENSEX surpassed the 20000 mark in day's trade today. The 30 component index remained above 20k mark fir most of the trading sessions before closing slightly under the mark.

The most watched Sensex closed up by 101.23 points at 19,990.18 . The broader index NSE's NIFTY also remained in green and closed higher by 25.75 points at 6,069.30. Majority of the sectoral indices remained higher today. Stock price of HUL gained over 1.5 percent after news came about parent Unilever Plc giving open offer for raising it's stake from 52 percent to 75 percent.

Indian stock markets report card for today:

Index	Curr Price	Change (%)	Prev Close	Open	High	Low
AUTO	11054.10	-0.46	11105.40	11134.30	11158.40	11032.60
BANKEX	14453.21	0.11	14437.00	14496.50	14515.60	14313.10
BSE IPO	1531.15	0.62	1521.74	1523.72	1536.73	1522.26
BSE Power	1780.14	-0.31	1785.75	1793.88	1793.88	1771.64
BSE REALTY	1932.82	-0.03	1933.35	1946.54	1955.38	1916.53
BSE_100	6080.25	0.34	6059.84	6078.81	6090.59	6042.60
BSE_200	2444.59	0.30	2437.22	2445.77	2449.47	2430.94
BSE_500	7558.77	0.34	7533.35	7558.53	7570.95	7517.23
BSE_CD	7586.14	-0.07	7591.17	7600.79	7622.39	7555.19
BSE_CG	9980.10	-0.65	10045.10	10071.60	10071.60	9888.62
BSE_FMCG	6752.61	1.43	6657.58	6662.57	6779.60	6648.97
BSE_H	8882.43	0.08	8875.41	8923.03	8934.44	8851.37
BSE_IT	6007.40	-0.01	6008.01	6031.37	6049.35	5999.61
BSE_PS	6811.29	-0.14	6820.57	6851.37	6857.06	6799.45
BSE_TECK	3635.14	-0.08	3638.13	3650.37	3660.08	3630.37
DOL100	1161.61	0.29	1158.28	1162.71	1164.02	1155.08
DOL200	751.63	0.25	749.73	752.36	753.49	747.79
DOL30	3030.90	0.46	3017.01	3029.36	3038.04	3011.72
METAL	8934.74	-0.36	8967.32	9015.98	9044.48	8901.32
MIDCAP	6535.37	0.47	6504.85	6519.22	6542.14	6503.00
SENSEX	19990.18	0.51	19888.90	19950.20	20037.30	19851.20
SMLCAP	6155.40	0.47	6126.49	6137.23	6165.54	6134.87
BSE Shariah50	1274.85	-0.02	1275.12	1278.43	1280.59	1272.24