Extending its gains for the fifth straight session, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange zoomed 409 points, or 2.2 percent, to cross the psychological 19,000 mark after 32 months, and close at 19,208, on strong industrial data, and firm global markets, today. The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange surged 120 points, or 2.1 percent to 5,760. Stock markets in Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore rose between 1 percent and 2 percent, on encouraging economic data from the US and China.
News On AIR | September 13, 2010 6:29 PM
Sensex closes 409 points higher