BSE Sensex trading 391 points higher on Thursday; NIFTY reclaims 10,800 level
The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark index of the Indian equities markets on Thursday rallied 391 points and NSE Nifty reclaimed the 10,800 level on positive cues from Wall Street as US stocks recovered from heavy losses.
Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark index of the Indian equities markets on Thursday rallied 391 points and NSE Nifty reclaimed the 10,800 level on positive cues from Wall Street as US stocks recovered from heavy losses.
The 30-share index was trading 322.71 points, or 0.91 per cent, higher at 35,972.65.
The broader Nifty too jumped 88.65 points, or 0.83 per cent, to 10,818.50 .
The gains on Dalal Street were led by IT, metal, auto and financial stocks.
Top gainers include TCS, Reliance, Infosys, HDFC Bank, ITC, ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, HUL and SBI, rising up to 2 per cent.
On the other hand, Bharti Airtel, PowerGrid, NTPC, Asian Paints and Hero MotoCorp were the top losers, falling up to 1 per cent.
The rupee, meanwhile, weakened against the US dollar, and was trading at 70.27 a dollar, down 0.27 per cent from its previous close.