Stock market status of the week...

                      

                    SENSEX v/s NIFTY

                 The markets performed well during the week and the Nifty outperformed the Sensex. Metal and banking led the rally and IT and auto, too, supported the indices well. The Sensex was up 1% while the Nifty gained 3% during the week. The CNX Midcap index was up 3%, BSE Smallcap gained 3% and the Bank Nifty, too, closed with 3% gain over the week. The BSE Auto was up 2%, BSE OilGas gained 1% while the BSE Power also closed with 1% gain. The BSE IT was up 2.5% and the BSE Metal gained 4% over the week. The top Nifty gainers during the week were Cairn India, Jindal Steel, SAIL and Bajaj Auto while the biggest losers included Bharti Airtel, HUL, IDFC and Ranbaxy.