By IANS,
Mumbai : A key index of the Indian equities markets extended its gains Friday afternoon, and was ruling 133 points up from its last closing figure about an hour before the closing bell.
Around 2.20 p.m., the benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, which opened at 14,552.72 points, was ruling at 14,791.97 points – 133.48 points or 0.91 percent higher than Thursday’s close.
Similarly, the S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was ruling 0.87 percent up at 4,386.8 points.
Broader market indices were also in the positive terrain, with the BSE midcap index trading 0.53 percent higher, while the BSE smallcap index was 0.13 percent up from its previous close.