Aug 06, 2012, 03.43 PM IST

Sensex extends gains to 250 pts; Tata Motors, JP Asso up 4%

Indian equity benchmarks extended gains in last one hour of trade led by further rally in index heavyweight Reliance Industries that gained nearly 6%.

Source: Moneycontrol.com
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15:02
Indian equity benchmarks extended gains in last one hour of trade led by further rally in index heavyweight Reliance Industries that gained nearly 6%.


The BSE Sensex shot up 247.42 points to 17,445.35 and the NSE Nifty rose 75.70 points to 5,291.40.


Top commercial vehicle maker Tata Motors and infrastructure company Jaiprakash Associates surged 3.75%.


State-owned power equipment manufacturer BHEL, gas transportation services provider GAIL and steel producer Tata Steel rallied 2% each.


Reliance Infrastructure and Kotak Mahindra Bank gained 3% each.


However, oil marketing company BPCL tanked more than 2% as WTI crude rose nearly 5% and Brent crude went up 3% on Friday.


In the second line shares, BOC India, Fresenius Kabi, Honeywell Automation, Anant Raj Industries and Gujarat State Petronet jumped 5-8% while DB Corp, Glodyne Tech, S Mobility, KSK Energy Ventures and Parsvnath lost 3-6%.


On the BSE, advancers outnumbered decliners by 1674 to 1044. The Midcap Index moved up 0.7% and Smallcap up 1%.


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