The BSE Sensex, which opened at 29,170.77 points, closed the day’s trade at 29,135.88 points (provisional), up 40.95 points or 0.14 percent from the previous day’s close at 29,094.93 points. The BSE Sensex had touched a high of 29,325.35 points and a low of 29,083.40 points in the intra-day trade.
Healthy buying was observed in fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), automobile and capital goods sectors, while banks, healthcare and consumer durables stocks came under selling pressure. The S&P BSE FMCG index surged by 150.12 points, automobile index moved up by 87.28 points and capital goods index was higher by 30.52 points. However, banks index was down 204.51 points, healthcare index dropped by 138.50 points and consumer durables lost 103.59 points. (IANS)