Latest News from India - Sensex regains 21,000 mark, up 100 pts in early trade

divspan class=BodyText readability=24Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex today regained psychological 21,000 level by surging over 100 points in early trade on heavy fund inflows in realty, banking and auto sectors amid a firming trend in the Asian region.p The 30-share index, which had gained 358.73 points in the previous session, shot up by 100.25 points, or 0.48 perbr / cent, to trade above 21,000 level at 21,029.26./pp The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty rose by 30.00, or 0.48 per cent, to 6,250.90./pp Brokers said sentiments buoyed on hopes of liquidity enhancement after the RBI cut the marginal standing facilitybr / rate to 8.75 per cent and a firming trend in the Asian region fuelled by expectations the US Federal Reserve will maintainbr / its aggressive stimulus./pp Major gainers are ICICI Bank, SBI, BHEL, RIL, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Auto, Dr Reddy Laboratories, HDFC and TCS./pp In the Asian region, Japan's Nikkei gained 1.22 per cent, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up by 0.70 per cent in earlybr / trade today./pp The US Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.72 per cent to close at fresh all-time high in yesterday's trade. PTI /p/span/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center