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Sensex is firm at 20,195 up 149 points and Nifty is at 6060 up 41 points.

Metal index continues to shine up 1.72% or 285 points at 16.937 followed by Consumer Durables up 105 points at 6424, Realty and Oil & Gas indices. meanwhile, FMCG index is flat at 3752 followed bu IT and tech indices.

Hindalco Industries continues to shine among the Metal stocks followed by Hindustan Zinc, Tata Steel, Jindal SAW and Jindal Steel.

Videocon Industries, Gitanjali Gems, Titan Industries and Whirlpool are the top gainers among the Consumer Durables stocks.

The broader markets are in line with the benchmark indices, The Small-cap index has gained 83 points at 10,350 and The Mid-cap index is at 8170 up 55 points.

Man Infraconstruction leads the rally among the Mid-caps. The stock is trading at Rs 341 up 6.6%. Jindal South West Holdings, JSL Stainless, MVL, triveni Engineering and Videocon Industries are up more than 4% each.

Among the Small-caps Navin Fluorine International is the top gainer up 12.8% at Rs 329. Punjab Glits, Gallantt Metal, Gateway Distriparks and Force Motors are the other gainers among the Small-caps.

Hindalco Industries, Tata Steel, J P Associates, and Sterlite Industries are the top gainers among the Sensex stocks.

Meanwhile some mild profit booking is seen in Hindustan Unilever, HDFC Bank, HDFC and Maruti Suzuki.

The market breadth is extremely positive out of 2940 stocks traded on the BSE 1911 stocks are advancing and 941 stocks are declining.