Monday, August 21 2006 17:38 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark, Sensex, today (Aug 21, 2006) scaled a three-month high level of over 11,511 points on aggressive buying by funds.

The market witnessed a fag-end brisk buying, which pushed up the 30-share sensitive index (Sensex) higher by 45.96 points at 11,511.68 points, a level last seen on May 17. It touched the day's high of 11,531.60 and a low of 11,375.90 points.

The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty rose by 9.25 points at 3,366, after climbing to 3,374.90 points and dipping to 3,332.90 earlier in the day.

The major support to the indices came in from shares from automobile and tech segments.

The market also welcomed a new entrant GMR Infrastructure, which listed at Rs 209.65 and rose to 219.80 before winding up at Rs 210.30 against the listing price of Rs 210.