Sensex, Nifty end higher for 3rd day in volatile trade

Key indices Sensex and Nifty managed

to close higher for the third straight session today, led by

realty, metal and power stocks.

The gains though were moderate.

The 30-share Sensex resumed higher, but soon slipped on

profit-taking, before settling up 17.10 points, or 0.05 per

cent, at 33,359.90.

The index had risen 582.36 points in the last two

sessions after Moody's Investors Service upgraded the

country's sovereign credit rating.

The NSE 50-share after moving between 10,309.85 and

10,261.50 on alternate bouts of selling and buying, concluded

up 15.15 points, or 0.15 per cent, at 10,298.75.

Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) were net buyers

as they bought shares worth Rs 1,466.94 crore and foreign

portfolio investors (FPIs) also bought Rs 1,276.62 crore on

Friday, provisional data showed.

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