Thursday, November 25, 2010

Sensex opens 97 pts up in early trade

MUMBAI: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex opened 97 points up today, on fresh buying by funds at attractive lower levels amid mixed trend in Asian regions.

The 30-share index, which has lost nearly 640 points in the previous three sessions, recovered 97.08 points to 19,415.24 level during the first five minutes of trading.

Similarly, the wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty also gained 38.75 points to 5,838.50 points.

Brokers said fresh buying by foreign funds in capital goods, informational technologies and, oil and gas stocks coupled with mixed trend in Asian markets influenced the trading sentiment.

In other Asian markets, the Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was marginally up by 0.09 per cent, while Japan's Nikkei Index was trading 0.02 per cent down in morning trade.

TOI

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