Sensex gains 354 points during pre noon trade

Wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty too moves up

September 04, 2013 10:07 am | Updated June 02, 2016 09:11 am IST - Mumbai

BSE's Sensex on Wednesday recovered due to fresh buying by funds and retail investors. File photo

BSE's Sensex on Wednesday recovered due to fresh buying by funds and retail investors. File photo

After plunging 650 points a day ago, a benchmark index of Indian equities markets on Wednesday surged by 354.32 points or 1.94 per cent during pre-noon trade.

The rally was led by oil and gas, metal, auto, banking index (bankex), consumer durables, public sector undertakings (PSU), IT, healthcare and capital goods sectors. However, fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) and realty sectors were trading marginally down.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 18,314.68 points, was trading at 18,588.98 points in the pre-noon session, up 354.32 points or 1.94 per cent from the previous day’s close at 18,234.66 points.

The Sensex touched a high of 18,607.23 points and a low of 18,188.43 points during the trade so far.

The BSE oil and gas index surged 248.48 points, metal index swelled by 217.19 points, auto index moved up by 273.24 points, bankex gained 245.23 points, consumer durables increased by 122.74 points, PSU index inched up by 104.07 points, IT index gained 156.70 points, healthcare index augmented by 172.20 points and capital goods index went up by 122.35 points.

However, FMCG index dropped by 5.35 points and realty index went down by 10.55 points.

The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 105.10 points or 1.97 per cent up at 5,446.55 points.

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