The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) closed trade 61.85 points or 0.72 percent up at 8,627.40 points. The major BSE Sensex gainers were: Axis Bank, up 2.87 percent at Rs.569.60; Larsen & Toubro, up 2.57 percent at Rs.1,614.20; Maruti, up 2.10 percent at Rs.3,463.95; Tata Steel, up 2.08 percent at Rs.365.10; Reliance Industries Ltd., up 2.07 percent at Rs.900.95; and NTPC, up 1.97 percent at Rs.139.90.
The losers were: ONGC, down 2.63 percent at Rs.345.60; BHEL, down 2.41 percent at Rs.255.20; Tata Motors, down 0.90 percent at Rs.559.25; and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., down 0.81 percent at Rs.1,133.20. In Asian markets, Hong Kong’s Hang Sang closed 0.87 percent down while China’s Shanghai Composite index got augmented by 0.52 percent. In Europe, London’s FTSE 100 was down by 0.14 percent, Germany’s DAX Index was 0.08 percent down and France’s CAC 40 was down by 0.43 percent. (IANS)