Sensex up 179 points in early trade
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| The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex moved up by 179 points in early trade on Monday on the back of widespread buying by funds, tracking the firm Asian markets. | |
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The BSE-30 share index, Sensex, which had gained over 1,060 points in the past two sessions, rose by 179.08 points to 13,814.48. Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange's index Nifty gained 49.60 points to 4,141.85. Stock brokers said firm Asian markets mainly influenced the trading sentiments here | |
Major supporters to the Sensex were HDFC Bank, HDFC Ltd, ICICI Bank, Grasim Industries, Larsen and Toubro, Mahindra and Mahindra, ONGC, RCOM, Tata Steel, Cipla and ACC.
