The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) also provisionally closed the day’s trade with gains. It rose by 128.15 points or 1.56 percent at 8,353.10 points.
The BSE Sensex, which opened at 27,427.19 points, closed the day’s trade at 27,730.21 points (3.35 p.m.), up 414.04 points or 1.52 percent from the previous day’s close at 27,316.17 points.
The BSE Sensex touched a high of 27,782.31 points and a low of 27,417.03 points in the intra-day trade. This is the seventh consecutive session of gains for the barometer index. (IANS)