Markets continued to remain choppy and volatile. They fell on the opening day of the week, had a day of sharp gains and then remained flat on the remaining days, but had a big intra-day movement. BSESENSEX gained 376.77 points or 1.05 per cent to close at 36,386.61 points. NIFTY was up 112 points or 1.04 per cent to close at 10,906.95 points. The broader indices saw the BSE100. BSE200 and BSE500 gain 0.77 per cent, 0.57 per cent and 0.46 per cent respectively. BSEMIDCAP was down 1.01 per cent while BSESMALLCAP was down 0.66 per cent.

Losers, gainers
The top performing sectoral index was BSEIT up 4.43 per cent, followed by BSETECH 3.09 per cent and BSEOIL&GAS 2.97 per cent . The top loser was BSECAP GOOD down 2.91 per cent followed by BSEHEALTH CARE 1.55 per cent and BSEPOWER 1.11 per cent. In individual stocks, the top gainer was Yes Bank up 7.77 per cent followed by Reliance 7.73 per cent and Infosys 6.87 per cent. The top loser was Sun Pharma down 11.83 per cent followed by Bharti Tele 6.92 per cent and GAIL 4.70 per cent. The Indian Rupee lost 69 paisa or 0.98 per cent to close at R71.18 to the US dollar. Dow Jones gained 710.40 points or 2.96 per cent to close at 24,706.35 points. The US government shut down continues and with Donald Trump's tumultuous ways showing no signs of abating, we may have a longer than expected shutdown. There was plenty of action in the market in individual stocks based on news flow. Result season continues and the larger companies seem to be declaring better results than what were reported in the year ago quarter and the previous quarter.