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Sensex up 116 points; consumer durables, FMCG stocks gain

New Delhi: The Sensex and the Nifty ended the session marginally in the green amid weak European cues.The 30-share BSE index Sensex rose 116.32 points or 0.43 per cent at 27,206.74 and the 50-share NSE

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New Delhi: The Sensex and the Nifty ended the session marginally in the green amid weak European cues.

The 30-share BSE index Sensex rose 116.32 points or 0.43 per cent at 27,206.74 and the 50-share NSE index Nifty gained 24.85 points or 0.31 per cent at 8,146.30.

Among BSE sectoral indices, consumer durables gained 3.12 per cent, FMCG was up 1.9 per cent, auto by 1.1 per cent and oil & gas indices surged 0.88 per cent. In contrast, metal index fell the most by 1.22 per cent, followed by healthcare 0.89 per cent and India infrastructure 0.87 per cent.

Tata Motors, ONGC, ITC, Hero MotoCorp and SBIN were the major Sensex gainers, while the major losers were Cipla, BHEL, Tata Steel, Hindalco and Infosys.

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