<p>The Bombay Stock Exchange index, Sensex, which had gained 17 points yesterday, rose 80.68 points to 17,562.61.<br /><br />Intra-day, it had touched a high of 17,702.26.<br /><br />The broad-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty rose 18.45 points to 5,284.20, after climbing to 5,326.45.<br /><br />Firm Asian stocks and upward trend in Europe on the Greek government's decision not to hold referendum on the bailout package, bolstered investor sentiment.<br /><br />However, brokers said that emergence of profit selling by funds reduced the day's gains.<br />Infosys, Jindal Steel, Hero MotoCorp, SBI, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Sterlite Industries, Sun Pharma and Tata Steel gained and pushed up the Sensex.</p>.<p>Of the 30 BSE index scrips, 22 gained while eight closed in the negative zone. Barring oil and gas, all sectoral indices made gains.<br /><br />However, public sector oil marketing companies BPCL, HPCL and IOC gained after they hiked petrol prices, a move that will cut their subsidy burden. </p>
<p>The Bombay Stock Exchange index, Sensex, which had gained 17 points yesterday, rose 80.68 points to 17,562.61.<br /><br />Intra-day, it had touched a high of 17,702.26.<br /><br />The broad-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty rose 18.45 points to 5,284.20, after climbing to 5,326.45.<br /><br />Firm Asian stocks and upward trend in Europe on the Greek government's decision not to hold referendum on the bailout package, bolstered investor sentiment.<br /><br />However, brokers said that emergence of profit selling by funds reduced the day's gains.<br />Infosys, Jindal Steel, Hero MotoCorp, SBI, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Sterlite Industries, Sun Pharma and Tata Steel gained and pushed up the Sensex.</p>.<p>Of the 30 BSE index scrips, 22 gained while eight closed in the negative zone. Barring oil and gas, all sectoral indices made gains.<br /><br />However, public sector oil marketing companies BPCL, HPCL and IOC gained after they hiked petrol prices, a move that will cut their subsidy burden. </p>