BSE Sensex soars 0.36% as IT, banking lead market rise

The BSE 30-share Sensex was up 68.22 points or 0.36% to 19,046.54. The index jumped 121.94 points at the day's high of 19,100.26 in mid-afternoon trade. The index declined 183.59 points at the day's low of 18,794.73 in afternoon trade.

The S&P CNX Nifty was up 20.55 points or 0.36% at 5,711.60.

The BSE Mid-Cap index rose 0.14% and the BSE Smal-Cap index gained 0.04%. Both these indices underperformed the Sensex.

Sectoral indices on BSE were mixed. Banking sector index Bankex (up 1.66%), and IT index (up 1.13%), outperformed the Sensex. The BSE Consumer Durables index (up 0.27%), PSU index (up 0.27%), Metal index (up 0.21%), Healthcare index (up 0.18%), Power index (up 0.13%), Capital Goods index (down 0.02%), Auto index (down 0.03%), Realty index (down 0.24%), FMCG index (down 1.19%) and Oil & Gas index (down 1.5%), underperformed the Sensex.

BSE clocked turnover of Rs 3104 crore, lower than Rs 3476.86 crore on Wednesday, 19 January 2011.

Market Breadth:

Positive 1370 Negative 1479 Unchanged 98
From the 30 share Sensex pack, 17 rose and rest fell.

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