Mumbai, February 29: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex fell by 189 points in early trade on Friday as funds and general investors reduced their holdings ahead of the Budget 2008-09.
On the back of continued buying interest in the heavyweights, the 30-share benchmark index, Sensex is trading higher. All the segments are trading in the positive terrain.
Presently (10:52 am), the Sensex is trading at 17,842.83, up 225.23 points, whereas the broad based NSE Nifty is trading at 5,233.25, up 78.8 points.
BSE Midcap index climbed up 1.60% and Smallcap index gained around 1.57%.
Out of the total 2,193 stocks traded at the BSE, 1,570 progressed, 563 turned down whilst 60 remained unaffected.
BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty opened more than per cent lowe
On the back of continued buying interest in the heavyweights, the 30-share benchmark index, Sensex is trading higher. All the segments are trading in the positive terrain.
