Inflows followed a net investment of Rs 12,609 crore in the preceding month
ITC, TCS and HDFC Bank emerged as the biggest gainers during the period.
The 30-share Sensex gained 334 points, or 1.6%, at 20,701, while the Nifty added 107 points, or 1.8%, at 6,155
Wall Street ends session lower, Dow Jones industrial average fell by 0.19% and Nasdaq dropped by 0.10%
The FPO will hit the capital market on Feb 6, the price band will be announced after market hours today
The Unified Market Platform will provide an electronic auction system across Karnataka for transparent price determination
The agnecy going to send notices to freeze more assets of Mohan India
To apply to FMC for approval soon
May have to cut the prices of the 1:1 rights issue
Jignesh Shah says firm will consider proposal if situation demands
The sentiment got a boost after latest data from US pointed to a brisk recovery in the manufacturing activity sparking off a rally in stocks around the globe
The regulator is also considering having a single depository for all the commodity exchanges
The 30-share BSE Sensex added 0.75% or 154 points at 20,690 and the 50-stock NSE Nifty index was up 1.05% or 64 points, at 6,155 levels.
Geometric, R Systems Int'l, NIIT, Polaris Financial Technology, Nucleus Software, Infinite Computer and NIIT Technologies are up 5-19% on BSE.
Ambuja Cements, UltraTech Cement, ACC, India Cements, Kesoram Industries and JK Lakshmi Cement have rallied by up to 8% on the BSE.
Stock hits a new low of Rs 23.40 today after the CMD took a voluntary retirement on concerns over rising non-performing assets
At 1430hrs, the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 0.63 percent or 130 points at 20,669 and the 50-stock NSE Nifty index was up 0.81 percent or 49 points, trading at 6,141 levels.
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