Sensex soars 105 pts on global cues ptinews.com

The benchmark BSE Sensex surged over 105 points and the NSE Nifty reclaimed the 8,500-mark in early trade today as traders continued buying, tracking a firm trend in other Asian bourses following record US markets’ closing yesterday.

Short-covering of bets, today being the last session of January expiry in the derivatives segment, kept the overall tempo up.