Sensex closes 72 points higher, gives up some gains

Mumbai: BSE, a benchmark index of Indian equities gave up some of its intra-day gains Monday and shut shop 72 points up from its previous close.

The 30-share sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 20,082.26 points, closed at 20,117.38 points, up 72.2 points or 0.36 percent, from its previous close at 20,045.18 points.

The Sensex had moved up 222 points to touch an intra-day high of 20,267.98 points.

At the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the 50-share S&P CNX Nifty ended at 6,030.5 points, up 0.2 percent.

Broader markets too ended much below the day's highs, with the BSE midcap index closing 0.33 percent up and the BSE smallcap index 0.13 percent higher.