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A firm trend in the European markets, too, fueled the
rally in the domestic market. Key indices from France, Germany
and the UK were trading up by 1.3 per cent in afternoon trade
on hopes of positive earnings from the US companies this week.

The consumer durable, Information Technology, oil and gas
and banking sector stocks remained on the forefront on active
buying by funds.

The consumer durable index gained the most by 3.72 per
cent to 3,807.44 followed by IT sector index, up by 2.94 per
cent to 4,402.40. The IT index surged after Tata Consultancy
Services rose by 3.36 per cent to Rs 580.60 on reports Airbus
would move 20 per cent of its engineering and design
activities to low-cost countries, with the majority going to
India, by 2012.

Infosys, the second-largest software services provider
,
rose 2.82 per cent to Rs 2,239.75.

The banking index gained 2.63 per cent to 10,028.45, teck
index by 2.45 per cent to 3,025.15, oil and gas index by 2.35
per cent to 10,505.49, FMCG index by 2.25 per cent to 2,813.99
and metal index by 2.04 per cent to 14,807.54.
The capital goods index rose by 1.23 per cent to 13,856.08
led by Larsen & Toubro which rose 1.48 per cent to Rs
1,656.85.

With the buying activity spilling over a wide front,
midcap index rose by 1.22 per cent to 6,378.46 and smallcap
index by 1.05 per cent to 7,449.34. PTI RS
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