Sensex gains further ground on bullish global trend

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Wednesday rose further over 111 points in early trade today as funds remained net buyers in fundamentally strong shares amid a firming global trend.

The 30-share index, which gained 74.66 points in the previous session, added another 111.05 points to 17.523.88 points in the first five minutes of trading, largely supported by stocks in Bank and Technology shares.

The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty gained 33.30 points to 5255.65 points at the same time.

The market remained firm in tandem with a higher trend in the Asian region, followed by overnight gain in the US market.

BSE launches Sensex mobile streamer

The country’s premier bourse, Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), today launched its Sensex mobile streamer, a platform that would allow investors to access streaming Sensex data at their fingertips.

The facility will also help investors make critically-timed trades.

The mobile streamer can be accessed on the BSE’s Website. The software is easily downloadable on GPRS-activated SIM cards and Java-enabled handsets.

The Sensex mobile streamer was launched in the presence of Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.

“BSE is proactively making available the critical information to investors on their mobile phones free of cost. We look forward to adding more features and functionality improvements over the coming months,” BSE’s Managing Director and CEO, Madhu Kannan, told reporters here.