Pact fuels 61-point rise in Sensex |
Our Markets Bureau / Mumbai March 03, 2006 |
With the Indo-US nuclear deal acting as another booster dose, institutional investors continued to buy on the bourses today with the Sensex breaching yet another landmark during intra-day trading. After touching a life-time high of 10,706 points, the 30-stock index closed the day at 10,626.78, up 61.31 points or 0.6 per cent over yesterday. The Nifty closed at 3,150.70, up 27.60 points, or 0.9 per cent, after touching a high of 3,170.35 during the day. Of the Sensex shares, 19 rose and 11 fell. Telecom shares led index gainers following a Supreme Court ruling that telecom services could not be equated with |