By IANS,
Mumbai: A benchmark index for Indian equities markets Tuesday rose 1.40 percent on back of stellar performance of bank, metal and automobile stocks.
The Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 18,943.62 points, closed at 19,143.17 points, up 265.21 points or 1.40 percent from its previous close at 18,877.96 points.
The Sensex touched an intra-day high of 19,164.04 points and a low of 18,943.62 points. The midcap index closed lower by 86.60 points, while the smallcap index was 117.20 points lower.
The wider 50-scrip S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) closed Tuesday’s trade higher by 85.75 points or 1.50 percent at 5,784.25 points.
The BSE bank index was up 251.40 points, the metal index was up 235.50 points and the automobile index closed 187.42 points higher.