Sensex up 200 points at mid-session

Sensex was ruling higher by 200 points at 1300 hrs today on the back of buying by funds in select heavy-weight stocks.

In highly volatile trading, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex was ruling higher by 200 points at 1300 hrs on Wednesday on the back of buying by funds in select heavy-weight stocks.

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After gaining 148 points in early trade, the 30-share index was quoted lower by 163 points to 12,697 at 1115 hrs, but moved up by 200.29 points to 13,060.72 at 1300 hrs.

Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange's Nifty was up by 48.45 points at 3,969.65 as heavyweight stocks were back in the positive zone.