BSE Sensex provisionally closes up 1 pct

Thu, Nov 5 03:43 PM

Enlarge Photo The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building is seen in Mumbai in this May 22, 2006...

The BSE Sensex provisionally closed 1 percent higher in volatile trade on Thursday, on bargain hunting by investors in select stocks after the main index dropped as much as 2.2 percent in the day.

The 30-share BSE index provisionally ended up 158.08 points at 16,070.21 with 25 components gaining.

The 50-share NSE index provisionally closed up 1.2 percent at 4,769.20 points.

(Reporting by Ami Shah; Editing by Malini Menon)

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