Sensex regains 488.10 pts

Mumbai, Oct 7 (Agency) The BSE Sensex on Thursday bounced back 488.10 pts at 59,677.83 at close following gains in Realty, Consumer Durable, Auto and Consumer Discretionary Goods and Services stocks. The Nifty of National Stock Exchange (NSE) too rose by 144.35 pts at 17,790.35. Slumping by more than 500 pts on Wednesday, the Sensex jumped 443 pts to open at 59,632 in opening trade today. It rallied 725 pts at 59,914.91 pts, days high before closing at 59,677.83, up by 488.10 pts from its previous close.

The Sensex registered days high and low at 59,914.91 and 59,597.06 pts respectively. The Nifty recorded days high and low at 17,857.55 and 17,763.80 pts respectively. The sectoral indices that lifted the market were Realty, Auto, Consumer Durable and Consumer Discretionary Goods and Services stocks. In scrips, Titan was a star gainer up by 10.63 pc to Rs 2375 followed by M& M, Maruti Suzuki, IndusInd Bank and Sun Pharma stocks. The Mid Cap rose by 1.68 pc and Small Cap by 1.38 pc. In 30 scrips, 20 advanced while 10 declined.