Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Sensex fails to maintain initial gains, up 51 points

STAFF WRITER 11:48 HRS IST

Mumbai, Mar 23 (PTI) The BSE benchmark sensex failed to maintain initial gains on profit-booking ahead of the expiry of the near-month March 2010 derivatives contracts on March 25.

The BSE benchmark resumed higher at 17,422.51 and shot up further to 17,530.79 on firm Asian cues before quoting at 17,461.26 at 1015 hours, still showing a gain of 50.69 points or 0.29 per cent from its previous close.

The market rebounded by a surprise hike in short term interest rates by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which it announced after trading hours on last Friday, yesterday.

The NSE 50-share nifty also moved up by 16.70 points or 0.32 per cent to 5,221.90 at 1015 hours from its last close.

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