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Bank, tech shares drive Indian market higher
Led by banking and technology heavyweights, Indian equities closed firm on Tuesday with a key index rising by 0.27 per cent.
Led by banking and technology heavyweights, Indian equities closed firm on Tuesday with a key index rising by 0.27 per cent.
The 30-share benchmark Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) closed 39 points or 0.27 per cent up at 14,535.01 with 16 of its components trading in the green.
The broader 50-issue National Stock Exchange (NSE) index, Nifty, too closed firm, up 17.60 points or 0.41 per cent at 4,284.65.
Leading the Sensex surge was state-run State Bank of India, up 2.10 per cent at Rs 1,436.25, followed by energy producer Reliance Energy, up 1.72 per cent at Rs 550.55 and two-wheeler and three-wheeler maker Bajaj Auto, up 1.35 per cent at Rs 2,249.10.
Second largest software exporter Infosys Technologies, top private sector telecom service provider Bharti Airtel, drug major Ranbaxy Laboratories, housing finance company HDFC, state-owned heavy electrical equipment maker BHEL, steel maker Tata Steel and second largest lender private sector ICICI Bank were among the other major index gainers.
Top cigarette maker ITC led the major losers, down 1.79 per cent at Rs 161.80, followed by engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro, down 1.26 per cent at Rs 1,945.05 and cement major Gujarat Ambuja Cements, down 1.01 per cent at Rs 112.75.
Fourth largest software exporter Satyam Computers, state-run carmaker Maruti Udyog, pharma major Cipla, state-run energy major ONGC and private sector HDFC Bank were among the major index stocks that traded in the red.
