Mumbai: Snapping a negative trend of last two sessions, the BSE Sensex on Monday rose 126.76
pts to close at 57,653.86 on the strength of Reliance Industries, Sun Pharma and SBI. The Nifty of National Stock Exchange (NSE) too gained 40.65 pts at 16,985.70.
The Sensex improved 39 pts at 57,566.90. It was surged 494 pts at 58,019.55, days high before closing at 57,653.86, up 126.76 pts from its previous close.
The Nifty recorded days high and low at 17,091 and 16,918.55 pts respectively.
The indices include, Health Care, Technology and Metal stocks pushed the market up today.
The Mid Cap fell by 0.37 pc and Small Cap by 1.50 pc respectively.
In Sensex out of 30 scrips, 15 were up while 15 were down.
The gainers were Reliance Industries by 1.54 pc to Rs 2337.50, Sun Pharma by 1.15 pc to Rs 983.95, Maruti Suzuki by 0.96 pc to Rs 8315 and SBI by 0.87 pc to Rs 570.
The losers were Power Grid by 1.10 pc to Rs 220, Axis Bank by 0.98 pc to Rs 832.20, MM by 0.93 pc to Rs 1139.55 and Tata Motors by 0.90 pc to Rs 412.50.
(With UNI inputs)
