Mumbai March 24 (IANS) Healthy buying in banking stocks pushed the Indian equity markets higher on Friday coupled with broadly positive European indices a marginally strong rupee and foreign funds inflows.
The key indices provisionally closed the day s trade in the green.
The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose by 21.70 points or 0.24 per cent to 9 108 points.
The barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE which opened at 29 350.60 points provisionally closed at 29 421.40 points (at 3.30 p.m.) -- up 89.24 points or 0.30 per cent from the previous close at 29 332.16 points.
The Sensex touched a high of 29 539.85 points and a low of 29 350.17 points during the intra-day trade.
The BSE market breadth was marginally bearish -- with 1 471 declines and 1 346 advances.
On Thursday the benchmark indices closed the day s trade with gains of more than half a per cent each on short covering.
--IANS
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Indian equities close with gains, banks stocks surge (Second Lead)
