SENSEX | NIFTY closes in green as Banks, IT gain

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Major Indian stock indices traded in green throughout the day and finally closed in green, both 30 component benchmark index SENSEX and National Stock Exchange's NIFTY closed in green and saw heavy purchasing through out the day today. Nifty closed at 6121.60 up 49.95 points.

The performance of National Stock Exchange(NSE) recorded today is as follows:

Index Name	Last Trade	Change
S&P CNX NIFTY	6,121.60	49.95 (0.82%)
S&P CNX DEFTY	4,700.10	0.25 (0.01%)
CNX NIFTY Junior	13,095.50	79.30(0.61%)
S&P CNX 500	5,042.80	30.50(0.61%)
CNX MIDCAP 200	9,496.05	38.05 (0.40%)
BANK NIFTY	12,762.15	304.85(2.45%)
CNX IT	6,733.00	69.80 (1.05%)

The Bombay Stock Exchange also closed up with IT, Pharma and Banking stocks being the major gainers. whereas Realty and Power sector stocks were on the selling side and closed down today. BSE Realty Index closed down by 1.43 percent and BSE Power Index also fell 0.20 percent at closing bell today. Other sectors remained in green and finally closed in green today BSE Bankex closed up by 2.43 percent, BSE Healthcare Index also advanced 1.07 percent and BSE IT Index gained 0.86 percent at close.

The 30 component Sensex ended at 20309.69 up 152.80 points touching high of 20335.51 during intraday trading. BSE saw 1685 declines against 1276 advances at EOD.