It was a volatile week and to add to the twists, we also had political drama in the form of a no-confidence motion being debated and voted upon. The BSESENSEX lost a mere 45.26 points or 0.12 per cent to close at 36,496.37 points. NIFTY lost 8.70 points or 0.08 per cent to close at 11,010.20 points. The broader markets saw the BSE100, BSE200 and BSE500 lose 0.30 per cent, 0.36 per cent and 0.62 per cent respectively. BSEMIDCAP lost 1.55 per cent and BSESMALLCAP lost 3.02 per cent. The week had two up days and three down days.

Stock talk
The top sectoral gainer was BSEIT up 1.28 per cent followed by BSECON DUR 1.04 per cent and BSETECH 0.80 per cent. The top loser was BSEMETAL down 6.31 per cent followed by BSEREALTY 4.33 per cent and BSEHEA CARE 2.90 per cent. In individual stocks, the top gainer was Infosys, up 2.89 per cent followed by Reliance 2.83 per cent. In other stocks Bank of Baroda was up 3.06 per cent. The top loser was Dr Reddy's down 12.69 per cent followed by Hindalco 11.69 per cent, Tata Steel 10.87 per cent and Bajaj Auto 10.31 per cent.