BSE: Top gainers and losers

Benchmark share indices ended at their highest level in 2013 so far led by bank shares after the RBI at its second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2013-14 today announced a hike in repo rate by 25 bps which was on expected lines.

At close, the Sensex ended up 359 points at 20,929 and the Nifty ended up 120 points at 6,221.

Both the Sensex and the Nifty registered their highest closing in the calendar year 2013 so far . Also, it was the seventh highest turnover for the markets.