The Nifty continued to rule firm for the fifth day today, moving up by another 11 points to close at 7,714.90 on persistent buying mainly in realty, metal and auto sectors on the back of sustained foreign capital inflows amid weakness in the global market.
In overseas, European stocks declined after two explosions at Brussels which killed at least eleven people and injured several others. Belgium's key index the BEL-20 index was currently off 0.93 per cent. Key indices in France, Germany and UK fell by 0.40 per cent to 1.25 per cent.
Foreign investors remained net buyers as they bought shares worth Rs 1,396.33 crore yesterday as per the provisional data issued by stock exchanges.
Shares of auto, metal and realty sectors firmed up on good buying enquiries, while fast moving consumer goods was the major loser for the day.
843 shares firmed up, 717 declined while 75 ruled steady.
Major gainers were Tata Power (4.48 pct), Bosch ltd (4.25 pct), BHEL (4.24 pct), Vedl (2.34 pct) and Hero Motocorp (2.21 pct).
However, Dr Reddy fell by 3.91 pct, followed by ITC 2.50 pct, Adani Ports 1.76 pct, Tata chem 1.20 pct and HUL by 1.08 pct.
Turnover in cash segment rose to Rs 17,496.41 crs from yesterday's close Rs 16,247.38 crs. A total of 8,663.27 lakh shares changed hands in 73,80,697 trades.
The market capitalisation of NSE stood at Rs 92,39,097 crore.
