Sensex rallies 200 pts; Nifty up 1%, highest since February 20

[maheshgupta]

The BSE Sensex surged over 200 points in the afternoon trade on Friday, led by strong gains in ITC, HDFCBSE 4.09 % and Reliance IndustriesBSE 1.88 % Ltd.

The 50-share Nifty index rose over 1 per cent to its highest since February 20. The Nifty has managed to gain nearly 5 per cent in last five days and is Asia's best-performing index.

At 02:00 pm, the 30-share index was at 19,678.48, up 264.88 points or 1.37 per cent. It touched a high of 19,705.63 and a low of 19,477.61 in trade today.
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