Sensex crosses 13,100 mark, Nifty crosses 3800 mark

Mumbai, Nov 3 (UNI) The Sensex crossed the 13,100 mark and closed at a new peak of 13,130.79 today on the Bombay Stock Exchange's (BSE) with a gain of 39.67 points from it's last close of 13,091.12, propelled by robust foreign fund inflows and impressive corporate earnings.

S&P CNN Nifty index of NSE today crossed 3,800 mark, touching a new peak of 3,805.35 points at the closing session with modest gain of 14 points from last close of 3,791.20 points.

The Sensex resumed high at 13,119.34 and recorded a new high 13,146.86 in intra-day session, after a low of 13,017.84 during the mid-session.

The Nifty index also opened high at 3,793.05 points. It moved upto 3,809.20 points and it came down to 3,771.00 points during the intra-day session.

The Sensex extended it's winning streak in a highly volatile trading session. Oil exploration major ONGC surged for the second successive day in a row. Two index heavyweights Infosys and Reliance Industries (RIL) both made a late rebound from lower level.

Cement, construction and media shares were in demand. But auto and IT shares were subdued, brokers said.

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