Mumbai, May 23 (UNI) The BSE Sensex on Friday opened in the red at 80,897 pts, falling 54 points, but immediately surged 204 points up at 81,156 as buying was seen across the board amid a mixed trend in the Asian Market.

The Nifty too gained 115 pts at 24,725.

The Sensex registered intra-day high and low at 81,165 pts and 80,897.30 pts respectively.

The Nifty registered a day's high at 24,667 and a low at 24,780.03 pts.

The sectoral stocks include Bankex, Realty and FMCG, lifted the market.

The mid-cap fell by 0.22 pc and small cap by 0.27 pc.

In 30 scrips, 21 advanced while 9 declined.

The gainers were ITC by 1 pc to Rs 430.35, Infosys by 0.95 pc to Rs 1563.95, Tech Mahindra by 0.69 pc to Rs 1577.70 and Eternal by 0.68 pc to Rs 230.75.

The losers were Sun Pharma by 4.51 pc to Rs 1642.40, M& M by 0.65 pc to Rs 2988.30, Bharti Airtel by 0.50 pc to Rs 1822.55 and ICICI Bank by 0.38 pc to Rs 1436.55. UNI NV SSP