Mumbai, August 17 (The South India Times): The BSE Sensex on Tuesday advanced 379.43 points at 59,842.21 following gains in auto, realty, consumer discretionary goods and services, and industrial stocks. The Nifty of the National Stock Exchange
(NSE) too moved up 127.10 points at 17,825.25. The Sensex opened on a strong note at 59,765.12 up 303 points. It spurted 461 points at 59,923.03, the day’s high, before closing at 59,842.21, surging 379.43 points from its previous close.
The Sensex registered the day’s high and low at 59,923.03 and 59,673.96 respectively. The Nifty recorded the day’s high and low at 17,839.10 and 17,764.05 points respectively. Sectoral indices like auto, realty, consumer discretionary goods and services, and industrials kept the market strong. In scrips, M&M was a star gainer up by 2.33 percent to Rs 1,289.10 followed by Maruti Suzuki by 2.19 percent to Rs 8,890.05,
Asian Paints by 2.09 percent to Rs 3,497.55, Hind Unilever by 1.92 percent to Rs 2,645, and Ultracemco by 1.23 percent to Rs 6,469.70. The losers were Bharti Airtel by 0.81 percent to Rs 704.10, SBI by 0.73 percent to Rs 526.75, Bajaj finance by 0.26 percent to Rs 7,290, and TCS by 0.20 percent to Rs 3,393. The Mid Cap increased by 1.03 percent and the Small Cap by 1.03 percent. In 30 scrips, 26 advanced while 4 declined.
