Nice day for Indian Stock markets - closes in green

(posted under - BSE closing, NSE closing) - Major Indian Stock indices ie BSe's SENSEX, NSE's NIFTY closed smiling today as both of the indices were up at closing by more then one percent. Indices got a boost from Banking stocks and also major IT stocks were up with TCS leading, Mahindra and Mahindra, HDFC bank were other major stocks in positive territory today.

The upward streak continued throughout the day from opening till the closing bell. Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 17595.05, up 153.61 points. The 30 share benchmark index touched intraday high of 17643.14 and low of 17395.58. All the sectoral indices were also in green through out the day, BSE Midcap Index was up 0.70 per cent and Smallcap Index moved 0.57 per cent higher. BSE Metal Index was up 1.77 per cent, BSE IT Index advanced 1.62 per cent and BSE Bankex moved 1.62 per cent higher.

National Stocks exchange's Nifty also followed and closed in green closing at 5282.80, up 46.90 points The index touched a high of 5297.45 and low of 5231.50 in today’s trade.