Mumbai, July 13: Recouping losses suffered due to a fall in Infosys profit, the BSE benchmark Sensex today rose by 49 points to end the day at two-and-a-half-year high level.
Marketmen said Reliance Industries attracted good buying support in the last hours of trading and helped the 30-share index close 48.70 points, or 0.27 per cent, higher at 17,985.90, the best closing since February 19, 2008.
The key index had touched the psychological 18,000-level yesterday. In the past four days, it has notched up 515 points.
The broad-based Nifty-50 of the National Stock Exchange, too, added 0.33 per cent to end at 5,400.65 points, its best closing in the last one year.
Brokers said IT bellwether Infosys’s June quarter numbers were below market expectations and dampened the sentiment in early trade.
—Agencies