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Mumbai : The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex flared up by a whopping 214 points or 1.32 per cent in opening trade on Feb 17, extending Feb 16th gains on more capital inflows by foreign funds, driven primarily by a rally on global bourses.
The 30-share index, which had gained 188.33 points in the previous session, rose by 214.O2 points to 16,440.70 points in the opening trade with metals, consumer durables and realty stocks leading the rally. The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty regained the 4,900-points level by rising 56.70 points, or 1.14 per cent at 4,912.45 points.
Stock brokers said trading sentiments were mainly helped by an overnight gain on the US markets and firming trend on other Asian bourses, triggering widespread buying by funds. The BSE metal sector index raised the most with a gain of 2.21 per cent at 16,271.
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