Thursday, March 23 2006 12:02 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: Resuming on a firm note, share prices on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) today(Mar 23,2006) rallied further,lifting the Sensex by 69 points at opening session following sustained buying by foreign as well as domestic funds.

The BSE-30 share sensitive index (sensex) opened strong at 10861.95 as against yesterday's close of 10841.35 and moved up further to a high of 10924.29 before being quoted at 10910.58 at 10.30 am, recording smart recovery of 69.23 points.

Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) reportedly picked up shares worth Rs 329.90 crore on the first two days of the week, while domestic mutual fund continued to give support to selective blue-chips and bought shares worth Rs 311.23 crore in the same period.

RIL, Bajaj Auto, Grasim, Hero Honda, Hindalco, ICICI Bank, Infosys, L&T, Maruti, ONGC, Ranbaxy, Rel, SBI, TCS, Wipro, Tata Steel, Tata Motor, Satyam Computer and Tata Power were quoted remarkably higher on renewed buying support.