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Sensex jumps before election results
The Sensex rose 301 points to 12,173 on investor optimism about the formation of a stable government.
Index heavyweight and top private lender ICICI Bank gained over 7 percent to close at 574 rupees. Its shares have gained 28 percent this year.
Stalwarts Reliance Industries and Bharti Airtel too made impressive gains, adding 2 percent and 4.6 percent respectively.
Among sectors, the Bankex led the pack with gains of 3.8 percent. Other than ICICI, Oriental Bank of Commerce also registered smart gains of over 7 percent.
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- China's Lenovo buys and diversifies to outshine PC rivals
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- Rupee at new six-month low; refiner sells dollars
- Samsung says Galaxy S4 sales hit 10 million
- Gold slips after Bernanke hints at slowing bond buys
- GM recalls more than 27,000 Cadillac crossovers with wheel issue
- Wall Street falters in volatile session on Fed worries
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