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Investor interest and monsoon hold up Indian markets on Wednesday

India Blooms News Service | | Jul 20, 2016, at 09:54 pm

Mumbai, Jul 20 (IBNS): The Indian benchmark indices reported gains on Wednesday, with Sensex up 128.27 points to 27915.89, and Nifty up 37.30 to 8565.85, largely due to investor interest in blue chips stocks and the progress of the monsoon, according to media reports.

Pharma, FMCG and energy stocks put in a good performance on Wednesday.

Some of the leading stocks that gained on Wednesday were BHEL, Coal India, GAIL, Tata Power, Aurobindo Pharma, Cipla and Dr Reddy's Labs, while Wipro, Axis Bank, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Hindalco and Maruti Suzuki featured among the losers.

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