Sensex, Nifty Close With Marginal Gains, Vodafone-Idea Up 25%

Sensex closed 70.21 points up at 40,356.59, while the NSE Nifty 50 closed 23.20 points above at 11,895.30 points.

At the closing bell, Sensex rose by 240 points at 39,300 and Nifty 50 also jumped 75 points to end at 11,660.

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The Indian Equity Benchmarks lost on intraday gains, closing slightly above as the last hour of selling wiped out most of the intraday gains, Moneycontrol reported.

The BSE Sensex closed 70.21 points up at 40,356.59 points, while the NSE Nifty 50 closed 23.20 points above at 11,895.30 points.

Bharti Infratel, Bharti Airtel, SBI, Zee Entertainment and Grasim industries were among major gainers on the National Stock Exchange, while the losses were led by IOC, Hero Motorcorp, BPCL, Maruti Suzuki and ITC.

(With inputs from MoneyControl)