Sensex ends 109 points up; bank stocks shine

A day after recording one of its steepest falls by 350 points, a benchmark index of Indian equities markets Friday provisionally closed the day's trade 109.19 points or 0.42 percent up as bank, capital goods and consumer durables stocks gained.

Healthy buying was also observed in automobile, healthcare and oil and gas sectors. However, heavy selling was sustained in information technology (IT) and technology, media and entertainment (TECK) sectors.

The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 25,950 points, closed the day's trade at 26,108.53 points, up 109.19 points or 0.42 percent from the previous day's close at 25,999.34 points.

The Sensex touched a high of 26,248.54 points and a low of 25,910.77 points in the intra-trade.

The S&P bank index gained 437.47 points, capital goods index went up by 260.36 points, consumer durables index moved up by 164.98 points, automobile index rose by 117.82 points, healthcare index was higher by 88.09 points and oil and gas index was up 37.93 points.

However, IT index dropped by 422.46 points and TECK index slipped by 155.16 points.