Sensex Rises Over 250 Points, Nifty Ends Above 14,700 Led By Metal Shares

Nine of 11 sector gauges compiled by the National Stock Exchange ended higher led by the Nifty Metal index's 2.75 per cent gain.

The Indian equity benchmarks second straight session on Thursday paced by gains in metal, auto, information technology and oil & gas shares. The Sensex rose as much as 334 points to hit an intraday high of 49,011.31 and Nifty 50 index touched an intraday high of 14,743.90. For most part of the benchmarks traded in a narrow band and ended near to their day's highest levels as wekly index futures and option contracts expired. The Sensex ended 272 points higher at 48,950 and Nifty 50 index advanced 107 points to close at 14,725. "Market is likely to gain momentum as long as Nifty sustains above 14,500 wherein it can go up to 14,900-15,000 levels. The momentum indicators like relative strength index (RSI) and MACD are likely to recover after staying neutral to bearish in the recent time," Ashis Biswas, head of technical research at CapitalVia Global Research told NDTV. Buying was broad-based in Thursday's session as nine of 11 sector gauges compiled by the National Stock Exchange ended higher led by the Nifty Metal index's 2.75 per cent gain. Auto, information technology, media, financial services and realty indices also rose between 0.7-1.8 per cent.