Sensex up 63 pts in the opening move

Mumbai, Sept 13: The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) sensitive index (Sensex) today jumped 63 points in the opening move, as the crude oil price dipped to a six-month low of US Dollar 63.60 per barrel mark and is currently trading at 11,840.87 points compared to the previous close of 11,660.79.

US crude hit a low of US Dollar 63.60 per barrel, its lowest since March 27 after Iran agreed to cap its nuclear programme for two months, and the OPEC countries said they will not reduce their oil production, which would help in checking the price rise.

Amongst the sectoral indices on the BSE, all sectors were trading in the green. Consumer Durables was up by 2.15 per cent, PSU sector was up by 1.96 per cent, Auto by 1.98 per cent, Capital Goods by 1.73 per cent and the FMCG by 1.88 per cent.

Major gainers on the BSE-30 Sensex are Maruti Udyog, L&T, Satyam Computers, Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, HLL, Reliance Energy, Dr Reddy's Lab, Infosys and BHEL all up between 1.94 to 3.57 per cent.

Besides the overall losers on the BSE are IndiaBulls, EIH Ltd, GlaxoSmithklime, Jubilant Organisation, Wyeth Ltd, Cadila Helathcare, Biocon Ltd and Proctor&Gamble all down between 0.08 to 6.74 per cent.

Key benchmark indices in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore were up between 0.3 - 0.8 per cent.

UNI