Thursday, October 9, 2014

Sensex ends 390 points up

The Nifty bounced back after three days of decline and closed above 7,950 as sentiment turned bullish in global markets as the US Federal Reserve's indicated interest rates will not be hiked earlier than expected.

The Sensex ended the day at 26,637.28; up 390.49 points.

The Nifty shut shop at 7,960.55; up 117.85 points.

The S&P BSE Midcap Index rallied 1.82 per cent and the S&P BSE Smallcap Index surged 1.54 per cent.

Among the sectoral indices, the S&P BSE Capital goods Index gained 3.01 per cent, the S&P BSE Bankex was 2.41 per cent higher, the S&P BSE Power Index advanced 2.25 per cent and the S&P BSE Metal Index advanced 1.76 per cent.

BHEL (up 8.16 per cent), Hindalco (up 5.51 per cent), Zee Entertainment (up 5.10 per cent), Ambuja Cements (up 3.89 per cent) and Punjab National Bank (up 3.33 per cent) were among the Nifty gainers.

Tech Mahindra (2.55 per cent), Jindal Steel (0.60 per cent), NMDC (0.56 per cent), NTPC (0.49 per cent) and Wipro (0.48 per cent) were among the top losers.

The market breadth was positive on the NSE with 923 gainers against 217 losers.
Source : economictimes

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