Sensex moves up 53 pts in special trade

Mumbai, Apr 28 (PTI) The BSE benchmark Sensex moved up by 53 points in a special 90-minute trading today on investors purchasing banking and realty stocks. The 30-share barometer opened marginally higher and hovered in a range of 17,212.36 and 17,125.88, before ending higher by 53.09 points, or 0.31 per cent, at 17,187.34. The National Stock Exchange's 50-share Nifty index settled higher by 18.40 points, or 0.35 per cent, at 5,209. Both the NSE and the BSE today conducted a special live trading session in the F&O segment from 11.15 am to 12.45 pm due to upgradation of the system. All sectoral indices remained in positive zone and gained up to 1.32 per cent. Major gainers were Bajaj Auto, Hero MotoCorp, Maruti Suzuki, BHEL, HDFC Bank, HDFC Ltd., ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Infosys, Sterlite Ind. and NTPC. PTI RS SUN KPS DP YB SA