Indian equities, on Friday, maintained an upbeat momentum all through the day, and closed strongly, because of positive global signals, backed by firming trends of Asian markets.
The Sensex closed at 9.634.74, up 168.91 points after touching a high of 9,695.59 and a low of 9,540.60. In contrast, the broad-based NSE Nifty gained 55.30 points at 2,948.35 after hitting a high of 2,969.75 and a low of 2,896.85.
BSE Midcap and Smallcap index rose 1.51% and 0.62% respectively
Indian equities on Monday (March 09) ended the day sluggishly on account of continued selling pressure, global weakness as unabated fears over further slump of US and European financial systems continued to weigh down investors response. 
Indian stock markets opened strong as the central bank slashed the repo and the reverse repo rate by 50 basis points to 5% and 3.5% on Wednesday.
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark Sensex closed the week strongly on account of strong global signals amid expectations of more sops and stimulus plans in the forthcoming interim budget to be declared on February 16.
Indian equities, which ended positively on Tuesday (Feb 03), belled today’s session on a higher note tracking global market trends and on expectations of an US economic stimulus plan. 
