November 4, 2011 7:27 PM

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Sensex closes with gain

Tracking rising global markets, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange closed with a gain of 81 points, or 0.5 percent, at 17,563, today, as euro zone debt worries eased, after Greece cancelled plans for a referendum on the financial bailout package. The Sensex had added 220 points at the day's high, and lost 8 points at the day's low. The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange rose 18 points, or 0.4 percent, to 5,284. In the broader market, the BSE Midcap index rose 0.8 percent and the Smallcap index gained 0.4 percent.Market breadth was positive on the BSE. The BSE clocked a turnover of 2,379 crore rupees on its cash segment.Reliance Industries lost 0.7%; and ONGC fell 0.2%.Among the 30 Sensex stocks, Tata Power, Tata Motors and Hindustan Unilever shed between 0.2% and 1.9%. But Hero MotoCorp, Sun Pharma and SBI rose between 1.5% and 2.5%.BHEL rose 1.3%, triggered by reports that the government is contemplating imposing 14% import duty on power equipment to curb the influx of cheaper products, primarily from China. L&T rose 0.7%.Among metal stocks JSW Steel, Hindalco, Jindal Steel & Power, Hindustan Zinc, NMDC, Nalco, Tata Steel, and Sterlite gained between 0.2% and 6.3%.Among auto stocks, Maruti Suzuki fell 0.7%In realty counters, HDIL, Indiabulls Real Estate, Orbit Corporation and Sobha Developers rose between 0.8% and 3%.Bharti Airtel rose 1.6% despite a fall in its second quarter net profit. And Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) lost 0.3% after reporting a second quarter net loss of 130 crore rupees.

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