# Business

Sensex regains 25,000 mark, Nifty up 38 points

thestatesman.com | March 21, 2016 4:04 am

Indian equity markets started the week with marginal gains amid mixed Asian markets and positive closing of European stocks.

At 9:20 am, on Monday, the Sensex at the Bombay Stocks Exchange (BSE) was trading 140 points higher at 25,092 while the Nifty at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was trading 38 points up at 7,642.

Broader markets were trading in line with key benchmark indices. BSE Midcap index rose 0.5 per cent while Smallcap index gained 0.6 per cent.

All the BSE sectoral indices were trading in the positive zone with Consumer Durables index leading the gains, up 1.3 per cent.

The top five gainers in the Sensex-30 pack: HDFC (up 1.7 per cent), Sun Pharma (up 1.6 per cent), State Bank of India (up 1.3 per cent), ITC (up 1.3 per cent) and Hindustan Unilever (up 1.1 per cent).

The top five losers in the Sensex-30 pack: Lupin (down 2.9 per cent), Adani Ports (down 1.6 per cent), Asian Paints (down 1.6 per cent), Bhel (down 1 per cent) and Dr Reddy&’s Labs (down 0.9 per cent).