Date:15/11/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/11/15/stories/2006111501861900.htm

Business

Sensex crosses 13400-mark

MUMBAI: Shares of key IT companies, which were in the limelight of trading, helped the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex close at yet another peak of 13425.50 on Tuesday as foreign funds and operators made selective purchases.

IT majors such as TCS, Infosys Technologies and Satyam Computer attracted heavy buying interest.

Continuing its record setting spree, the 30-share sensitive index (Sensex) scaled a new intra-trade peak of 13486.74 before closing at an all-time record high of 13425.50, a net rise of 26.50 points over Monday's close of 13399. The market, however, witnessed choppy trade in a range of 106 points due to profit taking at higher levels by local mutual funds. — PTI