October 15, 2009 2:06 PM

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Sensex slides to 75 pts from 119 on opening

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange rose 119 points, to a 17-month high of 17,350 in opening trade, this morning, on sustained buying by funds, following strong global cues. But the Sensex later surrendered all those gains, and stood 75 points, or 0.4 percent in the red, at 17,156, a short while ago.In other Asian markets, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 0.9 per cent, while Japan's Nikkei index gained 1.4 per cent in early trade, today. Over on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had topped 10,000 points for the first time in a year, overnight, on better-than-expected results from chip maker, Intel Corporaton, and JPMorgan Chase.

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