Sensex up 173 points in early trade

Sensex maintains its upward march and gains 173 points in early trade on sustained buying by funds.

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex maintained its upward march and gained 173 points in early trade on Friday on sustained buying by funds.

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The 30-share Sensex, which gained 65 points on Thursday, added another 173.06 points to touch 19,177.32 in the first five minutes of trade.

The second wide-based National Stock Exchange index, Nifty, also gained 70.85 to 5,705.45 points.

Trading sentiment was mainly boosted by reports of firm global trend.