Sensex ends 149 points higher

At 4:00pm ( IST), the BSE Sensex was 18,871, up 149 points over the previous close. It had earlier touched a day’s high of 18,932 and aday’s low of 18,670. It opened at 18,753.

NSE Nifty was quoting 5,677, up 46 points over the previous close.It has earlier touched a day’s high of 5,700 and a day’s low of 5,616. It opened at 5,633.

RCOM, Bharti Airtel, M&M, Tata Steel, L&T, DLF , BHEL,Hero Honda, Tata Motors, HDFC Bank were among the notable leadersin the Sensex and the Nifty.

Cipla, ITC, ACC, ONGC, GAIL, Power Grid, Sesa Goa were among the notable losers in the Sensex and the Nifty.

Japan’s Nikkei Average closed down 0.8%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index traded down 0.7%.