Buying was evident on all the sectors with major upsurge in oil & gas, metal, capital goods and FMCG, besides auto (sans Tata Motors) supported key indices, Sensex and Nifty to close at 15,689 and 4,680 levels respectively.
Yet, it is significant to note that despite the rally, the newly listed IPOs such as NHPC and Adani Power closed below their issue prices of Rs 36 and Rs 100 respectively.
(Published 04 September 2009, 15:30 IST)