Afternoon Updates of Stock Market

Key benchmark indices extended gains and hit fresh intraday high in afternoon trade. The barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was up 118.79 points or 0.56%, up about 66 points from the day's low and off close to 12 points from the day's high.

The Sensex hit 6-week high. The 50-unit CNX Nifty hit its highest level in more than 12 weeks.

Among the 30-share Sensex pack, 23 stocks rose and rest of them fell. Bhel (up 2.94%), Hindalco Industries (up 2.43%), Sesa Sterlite (up 2.28%), Hero MotoCorp (up 1.84%), GAIL (India) (up 1.81%), ONGC (up 1.65%), Tata Steel (up 1.62%), Dr Reddy's Laboratories (up 1.56%) and Coal India (up 1.39%), edged higher from the Sensex pack. 

Tata Motors (down 0.76%), Cipla (down 0.56%), ITC (down 0.51%), TCS (down 0.3%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (down 0.2%), Wipro (down 0.16%) and Hindustan Unilever (down 0.15%), edged lower from the Sensex pack. 

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