Volatile BSE Sensex closes 26 points higher

Stock MarketsThroughout the day both Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex and National Stock Exchange's Nifty were volatile.

BSE Sensex opened up by 101 points as compared to last day closing of 13,887. Sensex touched an intraday high of 14,028, up 141 points and an intraday low of 13,819, down 209 points from intraday high.

Among the gainers, Realty Index gained 4.18 per cent, BSE Healthcare Index gained 2.99 per cent and BSE FMCG Index zoomed up 2.79 per cent.

Whereas Bharti Airtel down 5.58%, NTPC down 2.10%, HDFC down 1.70%, Grasim Industries down 1.66 and ACC down 1.63% were among top losers of the day.

Ranbaxy Laboratories gained maximum in the trading day up 20.24%. Ranbaxy management had yesterday announced the exit current CEO and MD Malvinder Singh from company board.

NSE Nifty closed down 12.15 points or 0.29 % with an intraday low of 4205.10 and an intraday high of 4270.05

Out of 2,816 traded stocks on BSE, 2451 registered gain, 333 declines and rest were unchanged.