Indian stocks rose to a 15-month high yesterday.
DLF Ltd led gains as investors judged recent declines as excessive. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd climbed on a report it will make sports utility vehicles for overseas markets.
DLF, the biggest real estate developer, jumped 5.5% after losing 10% in the previous five trading sessions.
Mahindra & Mahindra, the largest sports utility vehicle maker, advanced 1.5%.
Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd, the No 1 copper producer, added 3.8% after metals prices climbed.
The Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensitive Index (Sensex), rose 240.26, or 1.5%, to 16,454.45, the highest since May 28, 2008.
The gauge declined 0.3% on Monday, snapping a six-day rally.
“There is strong liquidity supporting the market,” Jagannadham Thunuguntla, the head of equities at SMC Capitals Ltd in New Delhi. “Yesterday’s fall has made some stocks attractive.”
The rupee advanced against the US dollar as overseas investors added to holdings of the nation’s assets amid signs economic growth is quickening.
The rupee climbed 0.2% to 48.655 per dollar at the 5pm close in Mumbai, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The currency has risen 0.4% this month.
India’s $1.2tn economy expanded 6.1% in the three months to June from a year earlier, accelerating for the first time since 2007, the government said last month.
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