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HLL, Infosys rally

MUMBAI FEB. 20. Select heavyweighted stocks rallied smartly at the fag end aiding the Sensex to extend its gains, albeit marginal, to fourth session in a row in dull trading on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) today on selling pressure alternated by later buying by speculators.

Hindustan Lever, Infosys Technologies, Satyam Computers and HPCL that have high weightage in the BSE barometer, scored handsome gains on hectic buying by speculators at the fag end.

As a result, the BSE 30-share Index which opened fractionally lower at 3301.81 and later fluctuated in an extremely narrow range between 3307.87 and 3284.58 later ended at 3303.22 against yesterday's close of 3302.04, netting a minor rise of 1.18 points. The BSE-100 Index also edged up slightly to 1635.73 from the previous close of 1635.54.

In the specified group, 85 including 13 index-based scrips registered moderate to minor gains while 109 others closed with losses. — PTI

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