Sensex, Nifty Extend Gains To Tenth Straight Day

Domestic shares staged a recovery in the last hour of trade on Wednesday to extend a rally to a tenth day in a row, despite the International Monetary Fund lowering its economic forecast for India for the second time in nearly four months. The NSE Nifty 50 index ended 169.23 points - or 0.42 per cent - higher at 40,794.74, and the broader NSE Nifty 50 benchmark settled at 11,971.05, up 36.55 points - or 0.31 per cent - from its previ...