The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange gained 144 points, or 0.7 percent, to close above the 20,000 mark after gap of 100 days, at 20,083, today, after data showed an improvement in industrial growth. The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange rose 45 points, or 0.7 percent, to close at its highest level this year, at 6,095. In the broader market, the BSE Midcap index and the Smallcap index advanced 0.2 percent, percent. Among the BSE sectoral indices, the Auto index was the leading gainer, rising 2.2%. The Consumer Durables index gained 2%; the FMCG index rose 1.4%; the Bankex advanced 1.2%; the PSU, the Realty and the Healthcare indices advanced 0.4%, each; the Oil and Gas and the IT indices moved up 0.2%, each; the Teck indices inched up 0.1%; and the and the . Among the BSE sectoral losers, the Healthcare and the Metal Capital Gods index also barely rose 0.1%. Of the two BSE sectoral losers, the Power and the Metal indices shed about 0.2%, each.Market breadth turned negative from positive in late trade. Total turnover on BSE amounted to 3,381 crore rupees.Index heavyweight Reliance Industries lost 1%.FMCG major, ITC rose 2.8% and hit a record high of 354 rupees, intra-day.Auto stocks rose. So Tata Motors jumped 2.8%, Maruti Suzuki India spurted 4.3%, and Mahindra & Mahindra gained 2.2%.In two-wheeler makers, Bajaj Auto rose 1.5%, and Hero MotoCorp rose 1.8%. Escorts rose 1% after its quarterly net profit jumped 61.5%, to 37 crore rupees.In news driven counters, pharma major, Sun Pharma lost 1.2% on profit booking, and scaled a record high of 998 rupees, intra-day. Coal India plunged 3%. And NTPC fell 1.5% after the company's quarterly net profit jumped 68.9%, to 4,382 crore rupees, with the net profit boosted by exceptional items. Shriram Transport Finance Company jumped 3.5% after two massive bulk deals of 1.13 crore shares each were executed on the BSE. Piramal Enterprises rose 1.4%, after the company said it has acquired approximately 10% stake in Shriram Transport Finance Company at 723 rupees per share. And Reliance Communications rose 0.3% after the company said it has fully repaid a syndicated ECB loan facility of 500 million dollars on the due date today.