Benchmark BSE index climbed back to a 15 month high breaching the 19000 points mark. In strong morning trade, the Sensex rose 200 points on sustained buying by participants as government is expected to announce further economic reforms. The Nifty also shot up by more than 60 points to close on the 6000 points mark. Even the rupee gained, for the fifth consecutive session on Thursday, to touch a five and half month high. The rupee touched 51.87 versus the dollar.

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