Sensex rallies 1.15 percent; Bharti Airtel, HDFC soar (Lead)
December 29th, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 29 (IANS) A benchmark index of the Indian equities market rallied 1.15 percent Wednesday led by strong buying support in banks, metal and FMCG stocks, on the back of positive global cues.
The 30-share sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened in the positive terrain at 20,060.88 points, gained momentum in the afternoon session and settled at 20,256.03 points, up 1.15 percent or 230.61 points (provisional).
The Sensex remained in the positive terrain throughout the day and touched a high of 20,274.20 points and low of 20,054.64 points in the intra-day trade.
Sterlite Inds soared nearly four percent. Bharti Airtel up 3.61 percent, HDFC Bank up 3.32 percent, Hindustan Unilever up 3.24 percent, and HDFC up 2.71 percent, were major Sensex movers.
At the National Stock Exchange 50-share S&P CNX Nifty settled at 6,060.35 points, up 1.07 percent or 64.35 points (provisional).
At the broader market, the BSE smallcap index climbed over one percent and midcap gained nearly half a percent.
All the sectoral indices closed in the green. The BSE consumer durables index soared nearly two percent. The Bankex and the metal index gained almost one and a half percent.
Most other Asian markets closed in the positive and the European markets also opened in the green.
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