Sensex Hits 15000
The markets opened higher and continued their recovery from Tuesday’s trade. Buying was seen in infrastructure, metals and banking stocks. Midcaps and smallcaps also moved up following the benchmark indices. The Sensex touched the 15000 mark in the opening trade but retreated from the same level.
At 9:58 am, the Sensex was up 123 points, to 14,997 and the Nifty rose 32 points, to 4,558. The CNX Midcap went up 0.94%, to 5,560 and the BSE Smallcap Index gained 1.5% at 6345.
Among the frontliners, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Suzlon Energy, Reliance Infrastructure, Hindalco, HDFC Bank, ACC, M&M, Tata Power, ABB, ICICI Bank and PNB were gainers. However, Unitech and Maruti were the losers.
