02-15-2008, 09:52 PM
<b>Sensex surges up 349 pts to end at 18,115</b>
Feb 15,2008
Posting its third straight day of gains, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange Friday advanced 349 points, or almost 2%, to close at 18,115.
The Sensex was up 376 points at the day's high towards the fag end of the session, after losing 322 points at the day's low in early deals. Buying in the domestic markets intensified toward the close as the Asian markets recovered. The Sensex has now advanced almost 9% in three trading sessions.
The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange rose 101 points, or 1.9%, to 5,303. The broader market also gained good ground, with the BSE Midcap index rising 1.9%, and the Smallcap index advancing 2.3%.
Market breadth was strong on the BSE, with about 5 gainers to every 2 losers. The BSE clocked a turnover of Rs 6,372 crore.
All the BSE sectoral indices ended in the green. The BSE Metal and Realty indices were the main gainers, jumping 3.5%, each. The Oil and gas index rose 3.1%, the Bankex and the Consumer Durables indices rose 2.5%, each, the Healthccare index added 2.2%, the FMCG and Auto indices advanced 1.7%, each, the Power and IT indices gained 1%, each, and the Capital Goods index added 0.8%.
Old economy heavyweight, Reliance Industries rose over 3%.
Reliance Power rose 3.9% on large volumes.
ICICI Bank gained 2.6% and State Bank of India advanced 4%.
Among other Sensex gainers, Hindalco Industries soared 9.8%, Bajaj Auto jumped 5%, Tata Steel also rose almost 5%, and Ranbaxy added 4.3%.
Among the Sensex losers, Maruti Suzuki fell 1.9%, Grasim Industries shed 0.8% and TCS was down 0.3%.
Feb 15,2008
Posting its third straight day of gains, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange Friday advanced 349 points, or almost 2%, to close at 18,115.
The Sensex was up 376 points at the day's high towards the fag end of the session, after losing 322 points at the day's low in early deals. Buying in the domestic markets intensified toward the close as the Asian markets recovered. The Sensex has now advanced almost 9% in three trading sessions.
The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange rose 101 points, or 1.9%, to 5,303. The broader market also gained good ground, with the BSE Midcap index rising 1.9%, and the Smallcap index advancing 2.3%.
Market breadth was strong on the BSE, with about 5 gainers to every 2 losers. The BSE clocked a turnover of Rs 6,372 crore.
All the BSE sectoral indices ended in the green. The BSE Metal and Realty indices were the main gainers, jumping 3.5%, each. The Oil and gas index rose 3.1%, the Bankex and the Consumer Durables indices rose 2.5%, each, the Healthccare index added 2.2%, the FMCG and Auto indices advanced 1.7%, each, the Power and IT indices gained 1%, each, and the Capital Goods index added 0.8%.
Old economy heavyweight, Reliance Industries rose over 3%.
Reliance Power rose 3.9% on large volumes.
ICICI Bank gained 2.6% and State Bank of India advanced 4%.
Among other Sensex gainers, Hindalco Industries soared 9.8%, Bajaj Auto jumped 5%, Tata Steel also rose almost 5%, and Ranbaxy added 4.3%.
Among the Sensex losers, Maruti Suzuki fell 1.9%, Grasim Industries shed 0.8% and TCS was down 0.3%.