Mumbai, June 20 (UNI) The BSE Sensex on Friday rose by 237.15 points to 81,599.02 in early trade as buying was seen in telecom, healthcare, banking, realty, teck and commodities stock , despite persistent global investor concerns over escalating tensions between Israel and Iran.

The Nifty too advanced by 69.15 pts to 24,862,40.

Sensex registered an intraday high and a low at 81,631.64 and 81,323.20 respectively.

The Nifty registered day's high at 24,869.85 and a low at 24,783.65 pts.

Midcap advanced by 141.87 points and small cap rose by 210.23 pts.

Sectoral gainers were commodities by 0.15 pc, energy by 0.01 pc, FMCG by 0.08 pc, financial by 0.31, healthcare by 0.19 pc , industrial by 0.01 pc, utilities by 0.25 pc, telecom by 0.93 pc, bankex by 0.18 pc, capital goods by 0.03 pc, metal by 0.21 pc, realty by 0.62 and Teck by 0.12.

Sectoral losers were IT by 0.01 pc, consumer durables 0.12 pc and Consumer Durables by 0.07 pc

Sensex gainers were M&M by 0.94 pc to Rs 3,121.00, Eternal by 0.84 pc to Rs 251.45, Bharti Airtel by 0.74 pc to Rs 1,889.45, Ultratech by 0.61 pc to Rs 11,477.45 and HDFC Bank by 0.49 pc to Rs 1,944.20.

Sensex losers were Indus Bank by 0.93 pc to Rs 829.75, Bajaj Finance by 0.62 pc to Rs 894.15, Tech Mahindra by 0.47 pc to Rs 1,675, Kotak Bank by 0.30 pc to Rs 2,138.85 and HCL Tech by 0.09 pc to Rs 1,712.35.

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