Sensex gains 256 pts ahead of ‘Global Rally’

After hovering between positive and negative territory, the domestic market finally settled the day with decent gains on fresh buying momentum.

In addition, firm cues from the markets all over world along with higher US index futures also contributed to the upturn of the benchmark indices.

The BSE Sensex closed higher by 256.36 points or 1.80% at 14,521.89 and NSE Nifty ended up by 62.20 points or 1.46% at 4,313.60. The BSE Sensex touched intraday high of 14,559.08 and intraday low of 14,179.77.

Further, the BSE Mid Caps and Small Caps indices also ended the day with gains of 81.87 and 45.52 points at 4,958.73 and 5,617.96 respectively.