Sensex ends up 51pts; Sterlite, ONGC among gainers

The Sensex opened with a negative gap of 80 points at 15,037. Weakness in noon trades saw the index slip to a low of 14,888 - down 229 points from the previous close. However, Fresh buying at lower levels helped the index recoup losses and rebound into the positive zone. The index rallied to a high of 15,229 - up 341 points from the day's low. The Sensex finally ended with a gain of 51 points at 15,168. The market breadth was marginally negative - out of 2,799 stocks traded so far, 1,406 declined, 1,324 advanced and 69 were unchanged today. The NSE Nifty was up six points at 4,530. Sterlite and ONGC surged 4% each to Rs 639 and Rs 1,064, respectively.

Source: Business Standard