The benchmark Nifty closed rangebound session on a flat note on Friday. It was a quiet session for the markets and remained in a narrow range of 54755500.

The broader indices outperformed benchmarks; Nifty Junior, CNX Midcap and BSE Small Cap indices gained 2.22.8%.

At 15 hours IST the 50share NSE Nifty continued to trade in a tight range of 54805500 on Friday, despite some strength in European markets, which were trading 0.30.6% higher.

At 14:14 hours IST the benchmark Sensex was quiet in trade due to lack of global cues. It was consolidating around previous closing value since the beginning of trade on Friday.

At 13.08 hrs IST, the Nifty was trading flat. It was a quiet session for the markets as largecaps failed to gain momentum on the either side ahead of weekend. European markets too opened in green with marginal gains.

At 11:47 hours IST the 50share NSE Nifty was trading in a narrow range of 54805500 since early trade.

At 10:26 hours IST the benchmark Sensex was hovering around previous closing value and was trying to stay in a positive terrain.

The benchmark Nifty started the day on a flat note with a positive bias following US cues, which went up 0.51% ahead of jobless data today.

The Sensex ended on a flat note after gap up opening of 100 points. It was a volatile session for the markets as Nifty struggled to past 5500 mark in the entire session. The broader markets continued to outperform the Sensex.

At 2.16 pm, the Nifty was trading positive and inching towards its psychological 5500. Barring IT, and TECk, BSE all other sectoral indices were trading in green.

At 12.05 hrs IST, the Sensex was trading above 18000 with 100 points gain. The benchmark index was hovering around 18300 levels for quiet some time. It seems that Nifty was struggling to past 5500 for the moment. Auto, metal and banking stocks saw good buying in todays trade. Selective IT and telecom stocks were witnessing selling pressure.

At 10.23 hrs IST, the Nifty was trading around 5500 with positive bias. The markets were trading on a strong note on back of positive global cues. Buying was seen in banking, metal, auto and realty stocks. Selling was seen in IT stocks. The broader markets too gained momentum on the upside. BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices were up 1% each.

The benchmark Nifty touched the 5500 level in opening trade on strong global cues, backed by yesterday\'s short covering.

The benchmark Sensex witnessed huge buying interest in the last one hour of trade and posted 234 points rally on Wednesday, helped by heavyweights and positive global cues. The Nifty closed the session above 5,450 level; even the market breadth was strong throughout the session.

At 14:53 hours IST the benchmark Sensex gained 200 points and was trading near day\'s high while the Nifty started trading above 5450 level on back of buying almost in all sectors.

At 14:15 hours IST the 30share BSE Sensex gained 150 points and the Nifty has tested 5450 level. Buying in heavyweights like Reliance Industries, Bharti, Infosys, ICICI Bank and TCS.

At 12.48 hrs IST, the Nifty was trading above 5400 with positive bias. The largecaps staged smart recovery from yesterday\'s low which helped the Nifty to pullback well above 5400. Buying was seen in metal, consumer durables, realty and telecom stocks. The broader markets outperformed largecaps in trade today.

At 11:36 hours IST the 50share NSE Nifty held the 5400 mark on buying in heavyweights while all sectoral indices were in green.

At 10:08 hours IST the benchmark Sensex was trading with more than 100 points gains on the back of buying in almost all sectors.

The benchmark Nifty started the day on a positive note following gains in Asian markets. Select metal, realty, auto and telecom companies\' shares were on buyers\' radar.