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Sensex maintains winning touch, climbs 72 points on Asian cues

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Mumbai: Building on gains for the fourth straight session, the benchmark Sensex rallied over 72 points to 28,671.06 and the NSE Nifty again went past the 8,800-mark in early trade today on sustained buying by participants tracking positive Asian indices.

The 30-share index, which had gained 245.49 points in the previous three sessions, was up 72.03 points, or 0.25%, at 28,671.06, led by oil & gas, PSU, banking, consumer durables, realty, healthcare and FMCG, rising by up to 0.66%.

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The NSE Nifty was quoting higher by 30.10 points or 0.34%, at 8,809.95.

Brokers said a better trend on other Asian bourses ahead of central bank meetings in the US and Japan this week, influenced trading sentiments here.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 0.83% while Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.47% in early trade. Japanese financial markets are closed today due to national holiday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average in the US ended 0.49% lower in Friday’s trade.

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