Mumbai Aug 30 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices -- the NSE Nifty50 and the BSE Sensex -- on Wednesday provisionally closed on a higher note as positive global cues and healthy buying in metal oil and gas and banking stocks lifted investors sentiments.
According to market observers healthy buying in index heavyweights like Reliance Industries Adani Ports HDFC HDFC Bank and Tata Steel aided the upward trajectory of the indices.
The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) reclaimed the psychologically important 9 900-mark to touch a high of 9 909.45 points during intra-day trade.
However on a closing basis the Nifty50 could not retain that level and provisionally closed at 9 882.45 points -- up 86.40 points or 0.88 per cent (at 3.30 p.m.).
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE which opened at 31 534.57 points closed at 31 646.46 points -- up 258.07 points or 0.82 per cent from its previous close at 31 388.39 points.
The Sensex touched a high of 31 727.98 points and a low of 31 533.02 points during the intra-day trade.
The BSE market breadth was bullish with 1 773 advances and 798 declines.
On Tuesday the benchmark indices closed deep in the red as rising geo-political tension in East Asia along with foreign fund outflows subdued sentiments.
The Nifty50 closed lower by 116.75 points or 1.18 per cent at 9 796.05 points while the Sensex closed at 31 388.39 points -- down 362.43 points or 1.14 per cent.
--IANS
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