Stock nifty updates for Monday

Stocks Nifty Today

The Nifty showed a better start up today. The BSE benchmark, Sensex, rose 151 points and was trading at 16,990.23. Similarly the NSE benchmark, Nifty was up 45 points to 5144.75.
In the domestic market, ICICI Bank gained another 2% after the results on Friday.

The stocks which were trading in profit included BHEL, L&T, Sesa Goa, Axis Bank, SAIL, Reliance Industries, Tata Motors, JP Associates, TCS, Ranbaxy, Cipla, IDFC and Sterlite Industries. The gain was 1-2.5%.
Ambuja Cements, Bajaj Auto, Bank of Baroda, Power Grid were also in the profit gainer's list today.
 But, However, Maruti fell down 2%.
The trading sentiments were bias towards the buyers. Continued buying by funds and retail investors amid a firming trend in Asian regions following the Friday's gain were seen.
Among the sectoral indices, the BSE Metal Index moved up 1.14 percent, the BSE Bankex was also on the gainer's list and it moved 1.05 percent up. The BSE Power Index also climbed up 1.04 percent and the BSE Capital Goods Index rose up 1.01 percent.