The triple blasts that rocked the commercial capital of the country had little impact on the stock markets. The benchmark Sensex ended flat at 18618.20, up marginally by 0.12 per cent on Thursday.

However, during the day the index was volatile, trading in the red during the first half of the session. The second half of the session saw the markets climbing only to dip towards the end of the trading session. The Nifty also saw a similar trading pattern and ended at 5599.80, up by 0.26 percent.

Most analysts say that the blasts have had no significant impact on the market. “There may have been a slight impact on the bond, forex and bullion market, but the equity markets were not affected,” said Mr Kekin Maru, a derivatives analyst with Networth Stock Broking. The trading volumes on both the exchanges went up on Thursday. The NSE saw its trades go up from Rs 9,776 crore to Rs 11,735 crore. The BSE trading volume moved from Rs 2,579 crore to Rs 2,783 crore.

The day's high for the Sensex was 18803.05, while the day's low was 18449.23. The BSE Realty Index was the best performer and ended the day up by 2.26 per cent, BSE Bankex came next with 1.04 per cent, followed by the Healthcare index which was up 0.80 per cent.

On both the exchanges, the FIIs and DIIs were net buyers at Rs 211.46 crore and Rs 517.82 crore. However, on the BSE, the retail investors were net sellers at Rs 95.67 crore.

Of the Sensex stocks, DLF saw the highest rise in its stock price which went up 3.15 per cent, per share, to Rs 234. Tata Motors was the second best with the stock going up by 1.95 per cent a piece and ending the day at Rs 1063.95. Cipla , the third best performing stock, went up by 1.84 per cent to Rs 329.20.

TCS was the worst performer of the Sensex stocks, declining by 2.23 per cent. TCS, which late Thursday evening announced its first quarter results, has seen a year-on-year 26.7 per cent rise in its net profits.

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