Amidst volatility, the Indian markets today ended with modest gains. The benchmark index at the Bombay Stock Exchange closed at 20,073 with a gain of 90.78 points. Although the markets witnessed a lackluster opening today due to dull Asian markets, but managed to close in the green due to buying seen in the shares of FMCG, telecom, metal, power and select financial companies. However, selling continued in the shares of auto, PSU and oil and gas companies.

The National Stock Exchange today closed at 6011 with a gain of 31.60 points. The Nifty touched a high of 6,017.35 and low of 5,940.25 in today’s trade.

The Midcap and the Smallcap indices also ended with small gains. The Midcap index closed at 7,627 with a gain of 18.87 points. The Smallcap index closed at 9,354 with a gain of 29.89 points.