The Sensex closed at 20,687 up 484 points and the Nifty was at 6,233 up 143 points after making an intra-day high of 6,240. The Mid cap and Small cap indices were up by 1.02% and 1.07% respectively. The breadth of the market was very strong and the total turnover recorded at Rs 1,82,640Cr. The Oct future ended with 41 points premium.In FMCG space HUL was up by 3.51%, ITC was up by 2.79% while Dabur was down by 1.70%.

Finally, in late afternoon session, the key benchmark indices partially recovered the losses and the Sensex and Nifty each closed down by 0.7%. BSE midcap index’s performance was in line with key benchmark indices as it closed down by 0.5%,  while there was no change in the small-cap index. Among the front liners, M&M, RCOM, TCS, ICICI Bank and Tata Motors gained 0–1%, while DLF, Hindalco Inds, Jindal Steel, L&T and Jaiprakash Associates were down 1–2%. Among mid caps, MRF, Novartis India, M&M Finance, Emami and Unichem Lab. gained 4–7%, while CMC, JM Financial, India Infoline, Binani Cement and Praj Industries lost 4–10%.

The start of the markets was positive tracking the gains in the global markets but momentum that the markets got from the very beginning remained intact throughout the session and the indices at no point of time showed any sign of losing it.