Monday, December 12 2005 11:29 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: Continuing its upward march, the Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark index rose by over 89 points in early trading to touch 9,156.59 points level today (Dec 12, 2005) on massive purchases by foreign and domestic funds.

The BSE sensitive index (Sensex), which had closed nearly 160 points up at 9067.28 on Friday, opened higher at 9,092.65 points.

Similarly, the Nifty at National Stock Exchange also shot up by 27.75 points at 2784.20 points.

Stock brokers said apart from foreign funds buying, reports of firming trends in other Asian bourses influenced the trading sentiments here.

The major contributors to the sensex were Reliance Industries, Bajaj Auto, ITC Ltd, BHEL, ACC, Grasim Industries, Infosys Technologies, Satyam Computer, HDFC Ltd, Larsen and Toubro, Dr Reddy, Cipla, Maruti Udyog, State Bank of India and HDFC Bank.