Mumbai
\nThe benchmark BSE Sensex advanced over 100 points in early trade on Wednesday on gains in blue chips like Maruti Suzuki, SBI, Tata Steel and ITC amid rising rupee and tumbling crude prices.<\/p>\n
Rising for the seventh straight session, the 30-share index spurted 104.05 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 36,451.13.
\nThe barometer had rallied over 1,387 points in the previous six sessions.<\/p>\n
Led by FMCG, oil and gas, PSU and realty, sectoral indices advanced up to 0.99 per cent.The NSE Nifty saw similar movement, rising up 36.60 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 10,945.30.<\/p>\n
Brokers said sustained buying by investors and foreign fund inflows, coupled with strengthening rupee against the US dollar and falling global crude oil prices, influenced trading sentiment here.<\/p>\n
The rupee breached the 70 mark by surging 50 paise to trade at 69.94 against the dollar in early trade at the interbank forex market.However, Infosys emerged worst Sensex performer, falling 1.20 per cent, followed by Vedanta, TCS, Tata Motors and Sun Pharma.<\/p>\n
Shares of aviation companies rose after crude prices hit a 14-month low. InterGlobe Aviation, SpiceJet and Jet Airways rallied up to 5 per cent.<\/p>\n
Stocks of oil marketing companies like IOC, HPCL, BPCL and OIL too gained up to 1.43 per cent.<\/p>\n
Brent crude, an international benchmark, dropped 4.2 per cent lower to USD 57.07 per barrel on Tuesday, a 14-month low.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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