Sensex up over 400 pts

Mumbai, Mar 3 (FN Bureau) The BSE Sensex continued to rise on Wednesday too as it advanced by 406 Points at 50,703.83 as buying was seen across the board. The Nifty gained by 136 pts to 15,055.20. The Sensex registered intra days high and low at 50,776.48 and 50,512.84 pts respectively. The Nifty registered intra days high and low at 15,064.80 and 14,995.80, respectively.

The Mid Cap rose by 1.12 pc and Small Cap by 1.30 pc. In 30 scrips 25 advanced while 5 declined. The gainers were Axis Bank by 2.34 pc to Rs 748.70, SBI by 2.31 pc to Rs 403.05, Bajaj finance by 1.74 pc to Rs 10,047.15 and ICICI Bank by 1.71 pc to Rs 620.95. The losers were Bajaj Auto by 2.05 pc to Rs 3868, Maruti Suzuki by 1.44 pc to Rs 7111.05, NTPC by 0.49 pc to Rs 112.05 and M& M by 0.28 pc to Rs 857.50.