Sensex recovers and closes at 15008 | Nifty at 4572

(4/6/09 - Sensex closing) - Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed above the psychological 15000 mark for the first-time in 9-months. The 30-share index ended at 15,008.68, up 137.78 points or 0.93 per cent. It touched an intra-day high of 15026.03 and low of 14599.43.

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National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 4572.65, up 41.95 points or 0.93 per cent. The 50-share index hit a high of 4582.20 and low of 4453.45 during the day.

The BSE Midcap Index closed 2.26 per cent and BSE Smallcap Index moved up 2.20 per cent. Biggest Sensex gainers were Ranbaxy Laboratories (6.06%), Sun Pharmaceuticals (4.14%), Hindustan Unilever (3.73%), Reliance Infrastructure (3.39%) and Larsen & Toubro (3.3%). Sterlite Industries (-5.91%), Hindalco Industries (-3.54%), Tata Steel (-3.53%), Wipro (-1.26%) and Infosys Technologies (-1.15%) were the losers.

Market breadth on BSE showed 2,130 advances against 688 declines today.