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Sensex closes up 146 points, Nifty 0.61% higher as IT, pharma stocks rise

BSE Sensex closed higher by 146 points, or 0.52%, to 28,301, while the Nifty 50 rose 53 points, or 0.61%, to 8,778

BSE Sensex closed higher on Thursday. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/ MintPremium
BSE Sensex closed higher on Thursday. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/ Mint

Mumbai: Snapping a two-session losing run, the Sensex surged 146 points on Thursday to close at 28,301, powered by IT stocks, after bellwether TCS said it will consider a share buyback proposal next week. Value-buying in pharma and other counters and upbeat macroeconomic data also supported the rebound. Sentiment got a lift after the country’s largest software company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said its board will meet on 20 February to consider a proposal for buyback of equity shares of the company.

The 30-share Sensex, after opening on a strong note at 28,223.85, succumbed to profit-booking and slipped to hit the day’s low of 28,146.19, before bouncing back to close higher by 145.71 points, or 0.52% at 28,301.27. It touched an intra-day high of 28,327.84. The gauge had lost 196.06 points in the last two days. The 50-share NSE Nifty gained 53.30 points or 0.61% to 8,778. Intra-day, it shuttled between 8,783.95 and 8,719.60.

“Positive macro data gave support to buoyant market sentiment. Exports rose 4.32 per cent to USD 22.11 billion in January and imports rose 10.7 per cent to USD 31.95 billion," said Karthikraj Lakshmanan, senior fund manager, equities, BNP Paribas Mutual Fund.

In the IT space, shares of TCS rallied 1.29% to ,446.90, while Infosys soared 3.01% to ,011.90 and Wipro rose 1.36% to 481.05. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth a net 25.84 crore on Wednesday as per provisional data released by the stock exchanges.

Shares of SBI and its associates soared after the Cabinet approved their merger, a step aimed at strengthening the sector through consolidation of public banks. Seeking to create a global-sized bank, the Cabinet on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to the merger plan of SBI and its five associates.

The scrip of State Bank of Mysore soared 4.51%, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur gained 3.48%, State Bank of Travancore jumped 3.85% while SBI gained 0.65% on the BSE. Sun Pharma, which had been under pressure in the past few sessions on disappointing earnings, emerged as the top gainer among Sensex constituents by recovering 4.31% to Rs649.30 on value-buying.

A mixed trend at other Asian bourses, tracking another record closing at the US markets yesterday after President Donald Trump reiterated his promise to unveil a tax reform plan soon, too influenced sentiment, brokers said.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.47% and Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.52%, while Japan’s Nikkei fell 0.47%. European markets, however, were subdued in early deals as London’s FTSE fell 0.44%, Paris CAC 40 shed 0.29% and Frankfurt was down 0.22%.

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Published: 16 Feb 2017, 09:40 AM IST
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