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Rough 'n' smooth
Updated On: 27 August, 2018 08:48 AM IST | Mumbai | Arun Kejriwal
Alternate buying and selling bouts make this a choppy phase and one to be treated with caution

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley resumed duty as Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs. Jaitley had stepped aside as Finance Minister in mid-May to undergo a kidney transplant. Pic/PTI
Yet another short trading week has come to an end with benchmark indices registering gains. The four-day trading week saw sharp gains on one day, small gains on two days and profit taking on the last day of the week. The BSESENSEX gained 303.92 points or 0.79 per cent to close at 38,251.80 points. NIFTY gained 86.35 points or 0.75 per cent to close at 11,557.10 points. The broader indices saw the BSE100, BSE200 and BSE500 gain 1.03 per cent, 0.94 per cent and 0.86 per cent respectively. BSEMIDCAP was up 1.49 per cent but BSESMALLCAP was down 0.01 per cent.
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The top sectoral gainer was BSECAPGOOD up 4.58 per cent followed by BSEPOWER 3.15 per cent and BSEHEALTH CARE 3.02 per cent. The top loser was BSECONDUR down 1.86 per cent followed by BSEBANKEX 1.34 per cent and BSEIT 0.26 per cent. In individual stocks the top gainer was Larsen & Toubro up 7.67 per cent followed by ONGC 6.75 per cent and Reliance Industries 5.87 per cent. The top loser was Bharat Petroleum down 5.58 per cent followed by Yes Bank 4.48 per cent and Infosys 3.70 per cent.

