The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 176 points at 15,169, and surged to a high of 15,201 on the back of firm global markets. However, the index soon pared gains and touched a low of 15,054.The index, thereafter, exhibited range-bound movement for most of the trading day. The Sensex finally settled (provisional) with a gain of 86 points at 15,079.
