Still standing tall

Still standing tall..

The BSE Sensex today resurfaced above the 15K level by adding nearly 294 points on account of heavy buying in blue-chip stocks, particularly in the banking sector. The 30-share Sensex, in its straight third winning streak, added 294.57 points at 15,289.40 today after a long week-end and for a change, managed to hold on to the points added during the day.

The major support to the market came in from banking index which gained the most by 249.09 points at 7,744.35, followed by capital goods index by 130.19 points at 13,225.91.

However, the rise was balanced out by a steep fall in metal and realty sectors’ stocks.

The National Stock Exchange index Nifty shot up by 35.90 points at 4,609.85, after touching a high of 4,649.45 and a low of 4,539.80 points.

BSE Day’s high : 15,351.31 pts

BSE Day’s low : 15,056.09 pts .