Bouncing back towards the fag-end in an otherwise choppy trade, Sensex on Thursday closed 41 points up at 28,412.89 with FMCG, healthcare and realty stocks leading the gains, tracking a mixed global trend. Cautious stance adopted by participants, tracking mixed trend in regional markets ahead of the next week’s US Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan policy meets too influenced trading sentiment.
“The investors have adopted a wait-and-watch approach to the global sentiment which is playing between cautious and optimism over the FOMC meet early next week. Currently, FII's are sellers in the market,” said Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services. The 30-share Sensex after shuttling between 28,454.02 and 28,311.11, settled 40.66 points or 0.14 per cent higher at 28,412.89.