Sensex provisionally closes more than 115 points up

Mumbai: Indian equity markets on Monday pared initial losses and soared despite prevailing anxiety on account of Greece through Sunday's referendum rejecting the terms for a new bailout package.

The sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) provisionally gained more than 115 points or 0.40 percent.

The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) provisionally closed the day's trade with marginal gains. It was up by 37 points or 0.44 percent at 8,522.15 points.

The 30-scrip S&P BSE Sensex, which opened at 27,857.20 points, closed at 28,208.76 points (at 3.30 p.m.), up 115.97 points or 0.41 percent from its previous day's close at 28,092.79 points.

The Sensex touched a high of 28,235.31 points and a low of 27,774.80 points in the intra-day trade.