MUMBAI: The open domestic stock market was finally able to make gains with a dive in early trade due to the fall in Asian markets, as the BSE Sensex rose 230 points and the National Stock Exchange’s (NSE) Nifty rose 63 points.
BSE’s 30-point sensitive index Sensex rose 230.01 points to 52574.46 points and NSE’s Nifty gained 63.15 points to 15746.50 points. Along with the previous companies, the trend of buying in small and medium companies also continued, due to which BSE Midcap rose 0.82 percent to 22420.06 points and Smallcap rose 0.83 percent to 24854.25 points. During the session, a total of 3463 companies were traded on the BSE, out of which 2049 were in gains and 1258 were in decline while there was no change in 156 companies.
Asian markets saw a fall, while European markets were in the budget, Japan’s Nikkei fell 3.29 percent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 1.08 percent, while China’s Shanghai Composite was up 0.12 percent, Britain’s FTSE 0.66 percent and Germany’s DEX was up 0.69 percent.
