MArket updates for Today

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Markets remained rangebound throughout the day but in the last hour of the trade they rallied upward and closed with the gains of about three-quarter of a percent. Banking and healthcare were the lead gainers and realty was the worst hit in today's trade. The Sensex closed at 20309, up 152 points from its previous close, and Nifty closed at 6121, up 49 points. The CNX Midcap index was up 0.4% and the BSE Smallcap index was down 0.3%. The market breadth was negative with advances at 501 against declines of 811 on the NSE.

The top Nifty gainers were SBI, Cipla, Mahindra & Mahindra and IDFC and

Losers included Reliance Capital, Reliance Infra, Ambuja Cements and Ranbaxy.