BSE closes 233.70 points up on October 9

Trading at the Bombay Stock Exchange today closed 233.70 points up to stand at 27,079.51. At the National Stock Exchange the Nifty closed 60.35 points up to stand at 8,189.70. Vedanta Limited and Hathway Cable and Datacom Ltd were among the top gainers of group A with an increase of 11.58% and 11.32% along with SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd and Suzlon Energy Ltd with an increase of 10.99% and 8.13% respectively, while the top losers of group A includes Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd andJubilant Life Sciences Ltd with a decrease of 4.46% and 4.46% along with PMC Fincorp Limited and Ceat Ltd with a decrease of 4.31% and 3.97% at the close of the markets. The Auto sector is up 75.81 points at 18,009.21 while the Banking sector is up 101.83 points at 20,059.24 and the Realty sector is up 0.51 points at1,418.57. The Indian currency was 0.43% down at Rs 64.77 per dollar.