Wednesday 22 August 2012

News Hour- Sensex, Nifty close up 1%, clock 5-month high


NEW DELHI: The Sensex provisionally ended 193 points higher at 17,884 led by gains in HDFC, Infosys,ICICI Bank and TCS.

The 30-share BSE benchmark surged over 1 per cent in trade to hit its five-month high led by sustained buying in consumer good and auto shares after rains eased fears of drought.

Infosys (2.3 per cent), ICICI Bank (1.6 per cent), Sterlite Industries (up 4.7 per cent) and HDFC (2.3 per cent) led the gainers.

The 50-share Nifty was at 5,421, up 54 points or 1.02 per cent. It touched a high of 5,425.15 and a low of 5,368.70.

The BSE IT Index closed 1.7 per cent higher, the BSE Power Index gained 1.5 per cent and the BSE Auto Index ended 1.2 per cent while the BSE HealthCare Index closed flat.

(All figures are provisional)
(Source- economictimes.indiatimes.com)

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