Sensex closes 485 pts up, Nifty crosses 8k mark

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SME Times News Bureau | 26 May, 2016
A benchmark index of the equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), on Thursday was trading 110.39 points or 0.43 percent higher during the morning session.

The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 39.85 points or 0.50 percent higher at 7,974.75 points.

The Sensex of the BSE, which opened atA26,008.25 points was trading at 25,991.56 points (at 9.16 a.m.) in the early session, up 110.39 points, or 0.43 percent from the previous day's close at 25,881.17 points.
Positive global cues, along with fresh influx of foreign funds and a rise in global crude oil prices, lifted the Indian equity markets on Thursday.

Besides, healthy quarterly results and a strong rupee pushed both the key benchmark indices to their new highs.

The barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE hit its highest level in almost 21 weeks.

The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) touched its highest level in almost 29 weeks surpassing the psychologically important 8,000 points mark.

Both the indices continued to rise during the late-afternoon trade session as healthy buying was witnessed in capital goods, banks and automobile stocks.

The 51-scrip NSE Nifty edged up by 134.75 points or 1.70 percent, at 8,069.65 points.

The S&P BSE Sensex which opened at 26,008.25 points, ended at 26,366.68 points -- up 485.51 points or 1.88 percent from the previous close at 25,881.17 points.

The Sensex has so far touched a high of 26,321.29 points and a low of 25,941.51 points during the intra-day trade.

The BSE market breadth was tilted in favour of the bulls -- with 1,333 advances and 1,155 declines.

The key indices had closed the previous day's trade with healthy gains. The barometer index had surged by 575.70 points or 2.28 percent, while the NSE Nifty had risen by 186.05 points or 2.40 percent.

In terms of broader markets, the midcap and smallcap indices gained more than half a percent each.

Initially on Thursday, the key indices opened on a higher note, in-sync with their Japanese peers, and a positive close to the US markets on Wednesday.

The domestic indices moved on their upward trajectory aided by positive global cues eminating out of US and Europe.

Besides, value buying and fresh influx of foreign funds helped domestic indices surge.
The Sensex touched a high of 26,068.61 points and a low of 25,998.91 points in the trade so far.