Mumbai: The benchmark Sensex bounced back on Thursday with marginal gain amid choppy trade. The recovery was on expected lines as the market had seen sharp falls in the last few sessions.
At 9:18 hours IST, the 50-share NSE Nifty gained just 5 points at 5,410 and the 30-share BSE Sensex rose 7 points to 17,948.
Power Grid, DLF, Jaiprakash Associates, Reliance Infrastructure, L&T, Reliance Industries, SAIL, Tata Steel, SBI, ICICI Bank, Infosys and IDFC were supporting the market.
However, ITC lost 1.5per cent on reports that government may hike excise on tobacco products.
Maruti, M&M and Tata Motors on reports that Finance Ministry may be considering hike in excise on diesel cars.
Dr Reddy's Labs, Bharti Airtel and Wipro were other losers in trade.
The CNX Midcap gained 43 points at 7,928. Even the market breadth looks positive; about 560 shares advanced as against 177 shares declined on National Stock Exchange.
New listing - Inventure Growth was trading at Rs 107, falling 8per cent from its issue price of Rs 117 a share.
BL Kashyap tanked 20% as the company has been charged with provident fund (PF) evasion of Rs 593 crore, reports The Economic Times.
Results reaction: United Spirits, Hindustan Copper and Oberoi Realty gained 2-3 per cent.
Infrastructure stocks too bounced back. GVK Power and IRB Infra went up 1-2%.
Delta Corp, Dhanlaxmi Bank and Coal India rallied 4 per cent as these stocks will be added in F&O from August 5. Gujarat Fluorochemicals too rose 2 per cent on F&O addition.
Nitin Fire shot up 14 per cent. Educom and Adani Power went up 2 per cent ahead of numbers. Jet Airways gained 3 per cent.
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