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Sensex climbs for sixth straight day, closes 61 points higher



By Rashmi Ghosh
09 April 2009 @ 8:20 pm IST


Stock brokers react while watching Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) index on their trading terminal in Mumbai, India
Stock brokers react while watching Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) index on their trading terminal in Mumbai, India. India's market barometer, the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex closed in the positive zone for the sixth day in a row, rising a marginal 0.57 percent or 61.52 points on Thursday, as investors turned cautious ahead of corporate earnings season and national election.
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Aluminium producers Sterlite Industries and Hindalco Industries advanced 3.15 percent and 1.12 percent respectively.

Drug makers Ranbaxy Laboratories and Sun Pharmaceuticals climbed 1.23 percent and 1.19 percent respectively.

Sensex heavyweight Reliance Industries rose 0.52 percent.

Other major gainers were Jaiprakash Associates (up 7.40 percent), DLF (up 4.83 percent) and Larsen & Toubro (up 2.76 percent).

The top loser of the day was consumer goods maker Hindustan Unilever, which plunged 3.26 percent to close down at Rs.232.95. Rival ITC slipped 1.26 percent.

Auto makers Mahindra & Mahindra and Maruti Suzuki tumbled 3.15 percent and 1.12 percent respectively.

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