Sensex historic high at 33,157.22 pts during week

Mumbai, Oct 28: The equity market scaled record high as the BSE Sensex spurted by 767.26 points or 2.36 pc 33,157.22 and the Nifty jumped by 176.50 points or 1.73 pc at 10,323.05 in the week ended on Friday following announcement of infusion of capital worth around Rs 9 lakh crore to boost sluggish economy by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index spurted 1.88 pc. The S&P BSE Small-Cap index surged 1.3 pc. Both the indices underperformed the Sensex. The whole week, the market remained in green. Trading for the week started on a positive note on Monday as the Sensex rose by 116.76 points at 32,506.72. On Tuesday, added another gain of 100.62 points at 32,607.34. Key benchmark indices settled with solid gains on Wednesday as various measures taken by the government to spur economy including capitalisation of public sector banks and massive road building program boosted sentiment. The Sensex jumped by 435.16 points or 1.33 pc to settle at 33,042.50, a record closing high. On fourth straight session also it advanced by 104.63 points at 33,147.13, the breaching 33K level for the first time in the history on firm European stocks. A divergent trend was witnessed between the two key benchmark indices on Friday as the Sensex ended on flat note, marginaly up by 10.09 points at 33,157.22. Among the 30-share Sensex pack, 22 stocks advanced and 8 stocks declined. State Bank of India (SBI) was the biggest gainer from the Sensex pack while Lupin was the biggest loser. UNI