Dynamite News Sensex gains 400 pts, Nifty close to 10,600
Markets in the Thursday afternoon trade extended gains to 400 points after a flat start.
New Delhi: Markets in the Thursday afternoon trade extended gains to 400 points after a flat start.
The Sensex was up 435 points to 34,518, however, the Nifty was trading 123.50 points higher, close to 10,600.
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Shares such as Cipla, Sun Pharma, BPCL, BHEL, Infosys, Dr Reddys Labs, Axis Bank were up about three to six percent.
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On the other hand, ONGC, Tata Steel, Asian Paints were down about one percent.
The morning trade, however, witnessed the 30-share Sensex to surge 94.37 points at 34,177.08 and the 50-share Nifty up 23.30 points at 10,500.
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The Indian rupee, however, opened lower by 9 paise at Rs. 64.37 per dollar versus the previous close of Rs. 64.28.
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Most Asian indexes too climbed after last session's rally stalled late in the trading day.
Nikkei was up 0.6 percent and South Korea's Kospi was up by 0.5 percent.
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However, China's Shanghai Composite was down 1.5 percent. (ANI)