Mumbai Stock Markets – August 20, 2008

Today, the scripts recovered after the bear run for a few days at the Mumbai stock exchanges. The Bombay Stock Exchange’s benchmark index, Sensex closed at 14,678, up by 134.5 points. Nifty 50 closed at 4415.7, up by 47.5 points. In bullion market, gold is being quoted at Rs.11,537/10gm and silver at Rs.19,690/kg. Nymex crude is quoted at just over 115 US dollar a barrel and the US dollar was at Rs.43.7.