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It was a splendid day oftrades for the bulls on Dalal-Street. The strong upmove was led by the indexheavyweights like Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank and SBI.
The Sensex surged 339 points to close at 18,560, the index hit an intra-dayhigh of 18,600 and an intra-day low of 18,124. While, NSE Nifty rose 98 pointsto close at 5,577.
All the BSE sectoral indices ended in the green, the BSE Metal index was thetop gainer the index was up 3.5%, followed by BSE Oil & Gas index (up 2%)and BSE Bank index (up 2%) and BSE IT index (up 2%).
Even the broader indices ended with gains, the BSE Mid-Cap index was up 1.2%and BSE Small-Cap index was up 1.8%.
Markets in Asia ended in the green; the Nikkei in Japangained 2%, Australia'sS&P/ASX ended higher by 0.8%, the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong added by 1.8% and the Shanghai SE Composite edged higher by1.5%.
The European indices were positive as well, the DAX in Germany was up 0.4%, the CAC 40 index in France was up 0.5% and the FTSE in the UK was up 0.5%.
Outside the frontline indices, the big gainers in the broader market wereSterling Bio, Bajaj Holdings, BEML, GVK Power and REI Agro. On the other hand,losers included EIH, Apollo Hosp, Chambal Fert, IFCI and Union Bank.
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