US budget deal, India economic data drive Sensex to 2-yr peak, Nifty to 6K mark
PTI: Mumbai, Jan 02 2013, 16:33 IST
closed with gains. Bajaj Auto was the top gainer with a rise of 3.07 per cent, followed by Maruti Suzuki (2.74 pc), ONGC (2.50 pc), BHEL (2.38 pc), Sterlite Ind (2.19 pc), Gail India (2.02 pc), HDFC (1.54 pc), L&T (1.49 pc), NTPC (1.22 pc), ICICI Bank (1.19 pc), SBI (0.91 pc) and RIL (0.84 pc).
However, Wipro eased by 0.78 per cent, ITC by 0.61 per cent and M&M by 0.44 per cent.
Kishor P Ostwal, CMD, CNI Research said,"Psychologically, 6000 was big hurdle for the Nifty futures and we closed above 6000 for the first time in nearly last two years."
Among the sectoral indices, the BSE-CD firmed up by 1.65 per cent, followed by BSE-CG (1.40 pc), BSE-Oil&Gas (1.29 pc), BSE-PSU (1.02 pc), Bankex (0.96 pc) and BSE-Auto (0.92 pc).
The total turnover shot up further to Rs 2,510.03 crore from Rs 1,860.19 crore yesterday. FIIs bought shares worth a net Rs 665.05 crore yesterday, as per provisional data from stock exchanges.
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