Muhurat Trading: Small caps, Consumer Durables and Auto stocks outperform; M&M top Sensex gainer, RS Software zooms 20 per cent

The BSE Sensex gained by ~295 points or 0.49 per cent to close at 60067 levels on Thursday, Muhurat Trading even as Nasdaq opens at record highs in the US markets.

The shares of Reliance Chemotex soared by 6.58 per cent while the shares of Inflame Appliances were locked in the upper circuit at Rs 266.80 per share after jumping higher by 4.98 per cent.

The shares of Indian Hotels, Supreme Petroleum and TCI were seen outperforming markets even as Mirza International up by 17.65 per cent was top BSE SmallCap index gainer followed by SKF India up by 15.71 per cent. Medicamen Biotech closed higher by 13.22 per cent, Orient Paper and Khadim soared by 10 per cent each, Barbeque Nation closed higher by 7.85 per cent, R Systems International gained by more than 7 per cent while Century Ply and Green Ply closed up by more than 7 per cent each. GRSE gained by more than 6 per cent in Muhurat Trading session.

Clearly the action was in broader markets in Muhurat Trading session on Thursday. 

BSE Auto index was amongst the top performing sectoral index along with BSE Consumer Durables index. 

M&M and Bajaj Auto were seen soaring higher by 3.13 per cent and 1.65 per cent respectively. The shares of Eicher Motors zoomed higher by more than 6 per cent while Tube Investments India Ltd shares gained by more than 3 per cent on Muhurat Trading. Escorts closed higher by more than 2 per cent. 

From the consumer durables sector, we saw Vaibhav Global gain by more than 4 per cent, Whirlpool by more than 3 per cent and Orient Electric by more than 2 per cent. 

Some of the top gainer on the Muhurut Trading session were RS Software up by 20 per cent, CWD – 20 per cent, Kapil Raj Finance- 19.90 per cent, Atam Valves- 19.50 per cent, SKL – 19.23 per cent and Goblin up by 19 per cent.