<p>The GST feel-good went some notches higher as the Sensex rallied 132 points today -- bringing up gains for the fourth straight day -- with metal, banking and realty stocks ticking all the right boxes.<br /><br />Asian cues offered hope, backed by a record close in the US, which emboldened investors.<br /><br />The 30-share index was up 131.84 points, or 0.42 per cent, at 31,353.46. Sectoral indices led by metal, realty, power, consumer durables, oil and gas, auto and banking made headway.<br /><br />The gauge had gained 387.30 points in the previous three sessions making a strong bet on the Goods and Services Tax (GST).<br /><br />The NSE Nifty today went up 35.65 points, or 0.37 per cent, to 9,650.65.<br /><br />Prominent gainers were Reliance Industries, Adani Ports, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank and ONGC, rising by up to 1.61 per cent.<br /><br />NTPC too rose 1.02 per cent to Rs 158.20 on reports of the company considering bonus shares issue.<br /><br />Japan's Nikkei was up 0.43 per cent while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 0.05 per cent in morning trade. Shanghai composite, however, shed 0.49 per cent.<br /><br />The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended at record high by rising 0.61 per cent yesterday.</p>
<p>The GST feel-good went some notches higher as the Sensex rallied 132 points today -- bringing up gains for the fourth straight day -- with metal, banking and realty stocks ticking all the right boxes.<br /><br />Asian cues offered hope, backed by a record close in the US, which emboldened investors.<br /><br />The 30-share index was up 131.84 points, or 0.42 per cent, at 31,353.46. Sectoral indices led by metal, realty, power, consumer durables, oil and gas, auto and banking made headway.<br /><br />The gauge had gained 387.30 points in the previous three sessions making a strong bet on the Goods and Services Tax (GST).<br /><br />The NSE Nifty today went up 35.65 points, or 0.37 per cent, to 9,650.65.<br /><br />Prominent gainers were Reliance Industries, Adani Ports, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank and ONGC, rising by up to 1.61 per cent.<br /><br />NTPC too rose 1.02 per cent to Rs 158.20 on reports of the company considering bonus shares issue.<br /><br />Japan's Nikkei was up 0.43 per cent while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 0.05 per cent in morning trade. Shanghai composite, however, shed 0.49 per cent.<br /><br />The US Dow Jones Industrial Average ended at record high by rising 0.61 per cent yesterday.</p>