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Highest weekly gain for markets in 17 years

This article was posted on May 23, 2009 and is filed under Market News

Stock indices rose, with the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index, or the Sensex, posting its highest weekly gain in 17 years.The Sensex closed at 13,887.15 points, up 150.61 points or 1.1 per cent. The S&P CNX Nifty gained 27.60 points, or 0.66 per cent, to close at 4238.50. Over the week, the benchmark index gained 14.08 per cent, which is the sharpest since the week ended March 27, 1992. It has also risen for 11 consecutive weeks for the first time since August 2005.

The markets opened in the red in the morning. However, it picked up momentum in the afternoon session once it was clear that the Congress would retain key portfolios in the government. Among sectoral indices, consumer goods rose by 2.90 per cent, followed by bankex and healthcare that were up over 1.5 per cent. Both consumer durables and auto indices were down over 1 per cent.

Larsen & Toubro, the country’s largest engineering company, closed up 4.5 per cent, on expectation that infrastructure spending will be boosted to buoy an economy expanding at its slowest pace in six years.

SETTING NEW RECORDS
BSE sectoral indices
May 15,2009 May 22,2009 % change
Realty 2404.87 3310.79 37.67
Cap goods 8676.35 11108.25 28.03
Cons durables 2007.22 2507.79 24.94
Metal 7872.7 9740.89 23.73
Power 2216.53 2736.83 23.47
Bankex 6375.65 7827.56 22.77
Auto 3742.86 4378.81 16.99
Oil & gas 8509.62 9814.23 15.33
Sensex 12173.42 13887.15 14.08
Healthcare 3161.14 3377.31 6.84
FMCG 2054.98 2080.53 1.24
IT sector 2850.73 2829.93 -0.73

source: Business-Standard

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