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Sensex Zooms by 1,046.30 points

Mumbai, Jun 20 (UNI) Snapping three consecutive sessions of losses, the BSE Sensex on Friday surged by 1,0436 points to close at 82,408.17.
Today's surge is seen as the result of gains in Asian markets and renewed foreign fund inflow, a trader explained.
Markets sentiments turned bullish after the US President Donald Trump announced that he will decide in the next two weeks whether or not to get involved in the Iran-Israel conflict. This announcement eased crude oil prices improving investor sentiments, the trader added.
National Stock Exchange (NSE) too advanced by 319.15 points to settle at 25,112.40.
The Sensex opened marginally lower at 81,354,85 against its previous close of 81,361.87 .66
Sensex recorded an intra day high of 82,641.54 and low of 81,323.20.
The NSE registered a day's high at 25,132.80 and a day's low at 24,738.10
Mid-cap rose by 1.20 pc and the Small-cap advanced by 0.22 pc.
The market breadth stayed strong on Friday. The BSE witnessed 2,469 shares rising and 1,471 shares falling. A total of 151 shares remained unchanged.
All Sectoral indices ended the Session in green with Telecom being the Top Sectoral gainer up by 2.73 pc
Other Sectoral gainer were Commodities by 0.54 pc. Energy By 0.99 pc, FMCG by 0.52 pc, Financial by 1.35 pc, Health Care by 0.78 pc, Industrial by 1.21 pc, IT by 0.65 pc, Utilities by 1.62 pc, Auto by 0.84 pc, Bankex by 1.15 pc, Capital Goods by 1.17 pc, Consumer Durables by 0.84 pc, Metals by 1.10 pc, Oil & Gas bty 0.61 pc, Power by 1,46 pc , Realty by 2.22 pc and Teck by 1.42 pc
Among the 30 scrips, 27 advanced while 3 declined.
Notable gainers were Bharti Airtel by 3.17 pc to Rs 1,935.00, Nestle India by 2.98 pc to Rs 2,388.20, M&M by 2.86 pc to Rs 3,180.20, Power Grid by 2.18 pc to Rs 292.55, Reliance by 2.16 pc to Rs 1,462.65, NTPC by 1.70 to RS 33.35 and Eternal by 1.60 pc to Rs 253.40.
The losers were Axis Bnak by 0.16 pc to Rs 1,215.00, Ultra tech by 0.07 pc to Rs 11,399.70 and Maruti by 0.02 pc to Rs 12,803.00.

US Dow Jones futures were up by 0.56 pc,

European shares advanced on Friday, FTSE by 0.47 pc, CAC by 0.58 pc and DAX by 0.95 pc
Most Asian markets ended higher as investors assessed China data and monitored escalating tensions between Israel and Iran.
Nikkei was 225 down by 0.22 pc, Straits Times rose by 0.28 pc, Hang Seng advanced by 1.24 pc and Kospi by 1.46 pc.
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