Sensex crosses 9600 during early trading

By agencies   |   Wednesday, 04 January 2006, 20:30 IST
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MUMBAI: The Sensex today crossed the 9600-point level within the first five minutes of trading on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on sustained buying by Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs). The BSE Benchmark 30-share index opened marginally lower at 9523.29 as against yesterday's close of 9539.37, but soon shot up to a high of 9608.51. During early trading, small-cap shares were in the limelight, brokers said.