INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: A sustained buying in financial and bank stocks on signs of better liquidity and bottom fishing in recently battered blue chips
like Maruti, ITC and Asian Paints helped domestic equity indices log gains for the seventh consecutive session on Wednesday
The 30-share Sensex ended the day 137 points, or 0.38 per cent, higher at 36,484, with 29 stocks ending in the green and 11 in the red
Nifty rose 59 points, or 0.54 per cent, to 10,967
Midcaps and smallcaps outperformed Sensex
The BSE Midcap index settled with a gain of 1.50 per cent, while the BSE Smallcap index jumped 1.09 per cent