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Sensex rises 80 pts, metal, capital goods stocks up
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SME Times News Bureau | 18 Jul, 2012
A benchmark index of equities markets Wednesday closed almost 80
points up, led by good buying in metal, capital goods, realty stocks and
positive European cues.
The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of
the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 17,113.37 points,
closed at 17,185.01 points, up 0.47 percent or 79.71 points from its
previous day's close at 17,105.30 points.
The wider 50-scrip S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange also closed 0.45 percent higher at 5,216.30 points.
The
BSE metal index was high at 153.98 points and so were capital goods and
realty indices -- 105.38 points and 15.53 points respectively.
The
major Sensex gainers were Bajaj Auto, 5.20 percent at Rs.1,522.35; Tata
Power, up 2.71 percent at Rs.98.40; Jindal Steel, up 2.67 percent at
Rs.426.55; Sterlite Inds, up 2.43 percent at Rs.103.35; and Maruti
Suzuki, up 2.31 percent at Rs.1,224.30.
The losers were Tata
Motors, down 1.93 percent at Rs.221.55; Dr Reddy's Lab, down 1.85
percent at Rs.1,672; NTPC, down 0.79 percent at Rs.157; SBI, down 0.59
percent at Rs.2,185.95; and Cipla, down 0.56 percent at Rs.329.70.
Among
other Asian markets, Japan's Nikkei closed 0.32 percent down and Hong
Kong's Hang Seng closed 1.11 percent down. China's Composite index was
0.37 percent down.
At closing bell here, European markets were
in the green. France's CAC was up 0.57 percent while Germany's DAX was
up 0.11 percent, and Britain's FTSE 100 was up 0.01 percent.
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| Customs Exchange Rates |
| Currency |
Import |
Export |
US Dollar
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56.85
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55.85 |
UK Pound
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87.40
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85.35 |
Euro
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74.60
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72.90 |
| Japanese
Yen |
57.05 |
55.65 |
| As on 19 Jun, 2013 |
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