Markets extend gains on fag-end buying; SBI, Reliance shine
The Hindu
Rising for the second straight session, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 267.64 points or 0.37% to close at 71,822.83 points
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty bounced back from early lows to close higher on February 14, helped by fag-end buying in energy, metal and utility stocks amid a mixed trend in global equities.
Rising for the second straight session, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 267.64 points or 0.37% to close at 71,822.83 points. The index swung between a high of 71,938.59 points and a low of 70,809.84 points during intra-day trades.
The broader NSE Nifty also gained 96.80 points or 0.45% to end the day at 21,840.05 points.
State Bank of India was the biggest gainer in the Sensex pack, rising 4.24%, followed by Tata Steel, Axis Bank, Maruti, NTPC, PowerGrid, ITC and Nestle India. Reliance jumped 1.15 per cent to end at ₹2,962.60 apiece on BSE.
Shares of SBI closed at ₹743.35 apiece.
In contrast, Tech Mahindra, Sun Pharma, TCS, Infosys and HDFC Bank were among the laggards.
In Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 settled in the negative territory while Hong Kong's Hang Seng and South Korea's Kospi indices ended in the green.
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