Equity indices end at record closing levels; Nifty50 closes above 11,500
Mumbai, Aug 20 : Positive global cues and recovery in the Indian rupee lifted the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 to provisionally end at record closing highs on Monday.
Heavy buying activity was witnessed in capital goods, metal and oil and gas stocks, analysts said.
Earlier in the day, both the indices -- BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty50 -- touched their all-time intra-day high levels of 38,340.69 points and 11,565.30 points respectively.
At 3.30 p.m., the wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange provisionally ended at a fresh closing high of 11,551.75 points, up 81 points or 0.71 per cent from its previous close.
The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex which had opened at 38,075.07 points, closed at 38,278.75, points, higher by 330.87 points or 0.87 per cent from its previous close. It touched an intra-day low of 38,050.69 points.
Sector-wise, the S&P BSE Capital Goods index gained 668.41 points, the metal index rose by 332.36 points and the oil and gas was up 191.82 points by the end of the day's trade.
On the other hand, the IT index declined by 188.84 points, the consumer durable index fell 127.24 points and the Teck (technology, entertainment and media) stocks declined by 76.07 points.
The top gainers at the S&P BSE Sensex were Larsen and Toubro, Tata Motors (DVR), Tata Motors, ONGC, and Tata Steel. On the contrary the majors losers in the day were Infosys, Maruti Suzuki, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and Hindustan Uniliver.
On Friday, the indices traded on a positive note with the Sensex closing at 37,947.88 points and the Nifty50 at 11,470.75 points.
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Kolkata court to deliver judgement in rape-murder of RG Kar hospital doctor
Kolkata (PTI): The judgement in the brutal rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital here will be delivered later on Saturday.
Sanjay Roy, who was a civic volunteer with the Kolkata Police, was charged with committing the crime on the postgraduate trainee at the state-run hospital in the northern part of the city on August 9 last year.
The judgement will be delivered by Anirban Das, the additional district and sessions judge of the Sealdah court, 57 days after the in-camera trial commenced on November 12.
The Kolkata Police, which was investigating the case initially arrested Roy on August 10, a day after the medic's body was recovered from the seminar room of the hospital. The Calcutta High Court later transferred the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The in-camera trial in the rape and murder of the doctor commenced on November 12.
The hearing in Roy's trial was concluded on January 9, during which 50 witnesses were examined. The parents of the deceased doctor have claimed that other persons were involved in the crime and expected that they would also be arrested and tried before the court.
The victim's parents have also filed an application before the court seeking further investigation into the case.
The crime led to nationwide outrage and prolonged protests by junior doctors in Kolkata, demanding justice for the victim and adequate security arrangements in state-run hospitals.
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