The markets closed in green amid choppy trades. Indian markets outperformed the Asian peers. On the global front, Asian markets were trading lower, Shanghai is down 5%.

Buying support was seen from banking, capital goods, power, metal, oil stocks. Midcaps and small caps are trading higher with a gain of over 1.5%. Realty, FMCG and auto stocks are under pressure. Market breadth was positive, nearly 3:1.

Top gainers on the bourses were L&T, BHEL, Tata Steel, Tata Power, Tata Communications and SAIL while losers - Grasim, Maruti, M&M, Unitech and Sterlite Industries.

Sensex closed up 202.89 points or 1.30% at 15790.51, and the Nifty up 37.40 points or 0.79% at 4747.05.

About 1821 shares have advanced, 804 shares declined, and 447 shares are unchanged.

The BSE Midcap Index ended at 6,344.72 up 1.3%.

The BSE Smallcap Index ended at 7,777.94 up 0.8%.

The BSE Bankex closed at 8,192.26 up 3%. IOB, ICICI Bank, Centurion bank, Axis closed in green.

The BSE Capital Goods Index closed at 12,862.47 up 2.7%. Suzlon, Reliance Infra, Siemens, Triveni Engineering closed higher.

The BSE Metal Index closed at 13,778.96 up 2%. SAIL, JSW Steel, Jindal Steel, Jindal Stainless, Hind Zinc closed higher.

The BSE FMCG Index closed down 0.5% at 2,361.20. The BSE Auto Index closed flat at 4,417.65.

BSE Oil and Gas Index closed at 10,571.03 up 1%.  BPCL, HPCL, IOC, Reliance Natura, GAIL ended higher.

The BSE IT Index was at 3,705.09 up 0.5%. HCL, Infosys, Tech mahindra, TCS, Tech Mahindra closed higher.

The NSE cash turnover was at Rs 11516.99 crore and the NSE F&O turnover was at Rs 31113.78 crore. The BSE cash turnover was Rs 5318.23 crore. Total market wide turnover was at Rs 47949.0 crore.