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Sensex crosses 9,500 points

Mumbai, January 3
The Bombay Stock Exchange’s benchmark index, Sensex, today zoomed by 149 points and ended at a new closing high of 9,539.37 on hectic buying by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) as well as domestic funds.

The 30-share Sensex opened firm at 9,401.83 as against the previous close of 9,390.14 and shot up further to touch a new intra-day high of 9,546.78. Later, it ended at a new closing peak of 9,539.37, revealing a whopping 149.23 points or 1.59 per cent over yesterday. — PTI