Sensex ends at over 61K, a 9-month-high

The Nifty of National Stock Exchange (NSE) too gained 133.20 points at 18,145.40.

The Sensex opened higher at 61,065.58, up 319 points. It surged nearly 543 points at 61,289.73, the day's high, before closing at 61,121.35, up 374.76 points from its previous day's close.

The Nifty recorded the day's high and low at 18,175.80 and 18,060.15 points, respectively.

The stocks including Power, Utilities, IT and Technology kept the market strong.

In scrips, NTPC was a star gainer, up by 5.31 per cent to Rs 182.30 followed by Powergrid by 3.02 per cent to Rs 235; Dr Reddy's Lab by 2.39 per cent to Rs 4,537.25; Infosys by 2.22 per cent to Rs 1,572.10 and TCS by 2.07 per cent to Rs 3,259.10.

The losers were Axis Bank by 3.83 per cent to Rs 871.20; Maruti Suzuki by 0.94 per cent to Rs 9,436; Reliance Industries by 0.69 per cent to Rs 2,532 and Tata Steel by 0.30 per cent to Rs 101.25.

The Mid Cap moved up by 1.04 per cent and Small Cap by 0.26 per cent.

In 30 scrips, 22 advanced while 8 declined.

The Asian Market was seen strong, as Australia went up by 1.63 per cent followed by the China by 2.62 per cent, Hong Kong by 5.23 per cent and Japan by 0.33 per cent.

(With UNI inputs)