Sensex Ends 279 Points Higher, Nifty Reclaims 11,250

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Infosys, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank contributed the most to the advances on Sensex.Domestic stock markets rose on Thursday to recover some of
the recent losses shrugging off early weakness
from the previous close
Strong buying interest in financial, information technology and metal stocks pushed the indexes higher in late afternoon trade
Top gainers on the index were Zee Entertainment, Bharat Petroleum, Bajaj Finance, Indian Oil and UltraTech Cement, finishing between 3.86
settled 0.21 per cent lower for the day after dropping as much as 3.52 per cent during the session
Lupin shares hit a nearly seven-week low during the session, a day after its March-quarter profit missed Street estimates, weighing on the
sectoral index.Shares of InterGlobe Aviation - the operator of airline IndiGo finished 8.82 per cent lower, on reports of promoters falling
out over differences in, among other things, strategies and ambitions for the carrier.(With inputs from Reuters)Get the latest election
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