Mumbai: The Sensex rose for a fifth consecutive session on Tuesday, as drug maker Cipla jumped after posting a surge in quarterly earnings, while State Bank of India rose on hopes for rising demand for loans in the holiday season.
The 30-share BSE Sensex gained 54.51 points to close at 18,817.38 while the 50-share NSE Nifty rose 20.20 points to 5,724.40.
Cipla provisionally rose 4.2 per cent, while State Bank of India added 1.2 per cent. While, Cement majors ACC and Ambuja Cements were up 2.57 per cent each.
Software services exporter Infosys and cigarette major ITC were up 0.2-0.4 per cent whereas TCS declined 0.5 per cent. Auto stocks like Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Bajaj Auto fell 1-1.5 per cent. Engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro slipped 0.8 per cent and index heavyweight Reliance Industries was down 0.34 per cent.
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