SME Times News Bureau | 03 Jul, 2009
A key index of the stock markets ended trade on Friday 254 points above its last closing figure, as banking and capital goods stocks picked up.

The benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, which opened at 14,552.72 points, closed at 14,913.05 points - 254.56 points or 1.74 percent higher than Thursday's close.

Similarly, the S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) ended the day 1.7 percent up at 4,422.75 points.

Broader market indices also closed in the green, with the BSE midcap index ending 0.83 percent up, and the BSE smallcap index closing 0.43 percent higher than its previous close.