INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Strengthening rupee, narrowing trade deficit and sustained foreign fund inflows helped equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty log
gains for the fifth consecutive session on Monday.
The BSE Sensex reclaimed the 36,000-mark and settled the day at 36,270.07, up 307 points,
Its NSE counterpart Nifty gained 83 points, or 0.77 per cent, at 10,888.35
BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices settled 0.43 per cent and 0.26 per cent higher, respectively
On the sectoral front, BSE Metal, with gains of over 2 per cent, led the pack
Energy, utilities, oil and gas and power closely followed, up over a per cent
