Indian stock markets belled the day on a firm note on account of positive global signs and sharp rally seen because of short coverings in yesterday’s session (Oct 13).
IT, realty, banking, metal and power sectors moved up sharply.
Mid-cap stocks gained 2.96%, while small-cap shares surged 1.83% today.
Asian stocks zoomed, driving Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average to its largest gain in the last 18 years, after the US and European authorities decided to buy equity stakes in banking institutions.
Tokyo - Asia's stock markets surged Tuesday after the governments of the world's leading industrial nations announced plans to fight the global financial crisis.
Tokyo's stocks rocketed Tuesday with the benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average rising 13 per cent in morning trading after Wall Street's overnight surge.
After being closed for a holiday Monday, the Nikkei rose more than 1,000 points to cross the important 9,000 barrier. Other markets in Asia also posted substantial gains.
New York - Wall Street delivered one its largest gains ever on Monday as a series of financial rescue plans around the world and efforts to boost liquidity heartened investors.
Stocks were up more than 11 per cent on the major US indices.
In its largest-ever point gain, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 936.42 points, or 11.08 per cent, to 9,387.61.
Wellington - The New Zealand stock market - the first to open every day - jumped more than 6 per cent in the first hour of trading Tuesday after a spectacular recovery on Wall Street.
The benchmark NZX 50 index, which fell just under 1 per cent on Monday after slumping 4.7 per cent on Friday, rose 189 points to 2,971 in early dealing.
Analysts said that bargain-hunting investors had taken a lead from Wall Street, which posted its biggest-ever one-day gains.
Indian stock markets belled the day on a firm note on account of positive global signs and sharp rally seen because of short coverings in yesterday’s session (Oct 13). 
Tokyo - Asia's stock markets surged Tuesday after the governments of the world's leading industrial nations announced plans to fight the global financial crisis.
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New York - Wall Street delivered one its largest gains ever on Monday as a series of financial rescue plans around the world and efforts to boost liquidity heartened investors.
Wellington - The New Zealand stock market - the first to open every day - jumped more than 6 per cent in the first hour of trading Tuesday after a spectacular recovery on Wall Street.
