The two main indices—the Nifty and the Sensex—staged strong intraday rebound on Friday in choppy trades and extended gains for the second straight day. The Nifty bounced back from an intraday low of 4,766 to close at 4,882 on short-covering in interest rate-sensitive sectors such as auto, banks and realty.
The markets rose steadily for the better part of the week on news of robust GDP numbers and allaying of fears on the Dubai repayment crisis. The S&P CNX 500 index rose over 4 per cent to 4,239, thereby taking the benchmark’s portfolio value higher to Rs 11.04 lakh as against Rs 10.60 lakh in the preceding week.
The US markets ended on a negative note on Friday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.52% to 10,067 and the Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 1.45% to 2,147.