BSE closes points 118.20 up on April 23

Trading at the Bombay Stock Exchange today closed 118.20 points up to stand at 22,876.57. At the National Stock Exchange the Nifty closed 33.55 points up to stand at 6,848.90. Mangalore Refinery and Future Retail were among the top gainers of Group A with an increase of 15.89% and 5.47% along with Motherson Sumi and Prestige Estates with an increase of 5.33% and 4.85% respectively, while the top losers of Group A include Financial Technologies and Biocon with a decrease of 4.98% and 4.07% along with Muthoot Finance and Jaypee Infratech Ltd with a decrease of 3.55% and 3.03% at the close of the markets. The Auto sector is up 47.69 points at 13,662.40 while the banking sector is up 165.87 points at 15,012.05 and the realty sector is down 18.92 points at 1,463.29. The Indian currency is down 0.52% at Rs 61.08 per dollar.