INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The gains on Dalal Street were led by buying in financial services, pharma, realty and bankingstocks.Domestic stock markets started
Thursday's session on a positive note
The SP BSE Sensex rose as much as 147.13 points to touch 36,468.42, while Nifty50 barometer of National Stock Exchange surged by 38.95
Heavyweights Reliance Industries, HDFC, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Axis Bank contributed most to advances on Sensex.At 9:27 am,
from previous close.Top gainers on 50-scrip index included Indiabulls Housing Finance, Bharti Infratel, Power Grid, Mahindra Mahindra and
economic outlook eroded early gains, though an anti-climactic end to latest chapter in Brexit saga did offer sterling a moment's
peace.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged down 0.1 percent in thin trade, while E-Mini futures for SP 500
slipped 0.3 percent.In global commodity markets, oil prices eased as traders worried about strength of demand in United States after
gasoline stockpiles there grew last week by far more than analysts had expected.(With inputs from agencies)