Sensex gains 326 pts to touch 20K mark

Both Sensex and Nifty regain their lost fort touching the 20K mark and 6K level respectively in early trade.

In a bull run at the bourses, both the benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, on Thursday regained their lost fort touching the 20K mark and 6K level respectively in early morning trade.

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The Bombay Stock Exchange barometer, Sensex, gained 326.24 points to touch 20,064.31 points in the first five minutes of trade as most of the heavy weight stocks opened in the positive zone.

Similarly the wide-based National Stock Exchange index, Nifty, rose by 87.05 points to 6,027.05 points.

The trading sentiment was boosted as foreign fund turned net buyers influenced by firm global cues.