Sensex regains 10,000 level, up 166 points at midsession

The 30-share barometer, which opened higher, surged 166.82 points at 10,070.28 at midsession, a level last seen on December 18.

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex shot up by over 166 points to regain the psychological 10,000 level at midsession on Friday after two weeks, on heavy buying ahead of the announcement today on the second stimulus package to boost the slowing economy.

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The 30-share barometer, which opened higher, surged 166.82 points at 10,070.28 at midsession, a level last seen on December 18.

All the sectoral indices traded in the positive zone with gains up to 4.38 per cent.

The wide-based National Stock Exchange's Nifty also rose by 45 points to 3,078.45 points.

Trading sentiment was buoyed on firming Asian stock markets with Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rising by over 650 points in pre-close trade.