Indian stock markets closing Details [ 18 - Mar - 2010 ]

The 30-share BSE Sensex closed at 17519.26, up 29.18 points and the Nifty rose 14 points to settle at 5245.90, after seeing an intraday range of 17417.61-17548.13 and 5214.40-5255.65, respectively. FIIs net bought more than Rs 11,000 crore worth of equity shares since the beginning of this month.

The Nifty March futures ended with 10 points premium, as per provisional data.

Top Gainers from BSE group A companies

Indian Hotels Co	104.05	+5.63
Tata Teleservices (M	24.65	+4.67
Idea Cellular Ltd.	67.35	+4.66
Welspun Gujarat	279.15	+4.14
Tata Communications	294.95	+3.69

Top Losers from BSE group A companies

Mahi. & Mahi	1087.15	-3.32
Hind. Copper	516.25	-2.80
Hind. Petrol	323.10	-2.50
Rashtriya Chemicals	83.90	-2.27

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