• Most Popular
  • Most Shared

Indian shares up 2 pct; Infosys climbs 4.3 pct

Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:11am EST

Stocks

   

MUMBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Indian shares extended gains to 2 percent on Wednesday afternoon, led by gains in software companies such as Infosys Technologies (INFY.BO). Higher Asian and European equities also helped the sentiment.

At 1:37 p.m. (0807 GMT), the 30-share BSE index was up 1.95 percent at 16,761.89 points, with 27 components advancing.

Infosys was up 4.3 percent at 2,312.75 rupees.

The 50-share NSE index was up 1.9 percent at 4,975.50. (Reporting by Ami Shah)



More from Reuters

Photo

Democrats reach deal on health bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democratic healthcare negotiators said they agreed on Tuesday to replace a government-run insurance option with a scaled-back non-profit plan and would seek cost estimates on the deal.

» More Top News
File photo of snow covered Uhuru peak of the largest free-standing volcano in the world, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, taken on March 10, 2006. REUTERS/Neil Wallace
Postcards to Copenhagen:

Wish we weren't here

Mount Kilimanjaro's melting snow cap is one of many things forever altered by climate change. Here's a snapshot of a world dealing with environmental destruction.   Full Article 

Climate conference
People prepare to lower the body of one of the ministers killed in a blast from a suicide bomber last Thursday at Shamo Hotel in Somali's capital Mogadishu December 4, 2009. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
witness:

Scenes of a "slaughterhouse"

War is just about the only story to tell in Somalia. But when one reporter tried to cover an event reflecting positive change, violence reared its ugly head again.  Full Article 

World