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Sensex up by 16.57 points

According to leading brokers, Calcutta-based brokers bought a large quantity of State Bank of India shares. Stock markets in Southeast and East Asia opened higher in the morning, which aided the uptrend.

Foreign institutional investors adopted a wait-and-watch approach today, participating in the day's trading in a nominal way, brokers said.

The BSE-30 Sensitive index opened at 3373.10 points. It saw a high of 3398.97 points and a low of 3351.21 points. The Sensex ended at 3382.32 points as against the previous close of 3365.75 points showing a net gain of 16.57 points.

The BSE-100 index ended at 1477.70 points as against the previous close of 1471.55 points, showing an increase of 6.15 points.

The BSE-200 index closed at 332.48 points as compared to 330.60 points yesterday, showing a gain of 1.88 points. The Dollex index closed at 137.45 points as compared to 136.80 points, showing a rise of 0.65 points.

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