Sensex on Friday recovered by over 151 points in early trade on buying by funds, triggered by firming global markets.
The 30-share index, which had lost 209.11 points yesterday, rose 151.77 points to 16,468.03 points in the first five minutes of trade. The wide-based National Stock Exchange's Nifty gained 51.65 points to 4,886.95 in early trade.
At the close the Sensex was up 99.31 points at 16,415.57. The Nifty was up 34.80 points at 4870.10.
Marketmen said firming global stock markets boosted trading sentiments on the domestic bourses. They said, with Friday being the opening session of June month contracts in the derivative segment, speculators were making purchases at select counters.
Major gainers, which supported Sensex, were Larsen and Toubro, BHEL, Grasim Industries, HDFC Bank, HDFC Ltd, Bharti Airtel, SBI, ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries, ONGC, DLF Ltd and Rcom.-
The 30-share index, which had lost 209.11 points yesterday, rose 151.77 points to 16,468.03 points in the first five minutes of trade. The wide-based National Stock Exchange's Nifty gained 51.65 points to 4,886.95 in early trade.
At the close the Sensex was up 99.31 points at 16,415.57. The Nifty was up 34.80 points at 4870.10.
Marketmen said firming global stock markets boosted trading sentiments on the domestic bourses. They said, with Friday being the opening session of June month contracts in the derivative segment, speculators were making purchases at select counters.
Major gainers, which supported Sensex, were Larsen and Toubro, BHEL, Grasim Industries, HDFC Bank, HDFC Ltd, Bharti Airtel, SBI, ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries, ONGC, DLF Ltd and Rcom.-
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