Mumbai, April 12 (IANS): Ahead of the release of data on factory output and retail inflation, key Indian benchmark indices closed higher on Tuesday.
A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip BSE Sensitive Index (Sensex), provisionally closed Tuesday's trade 123.43 points or 0.49 percent higher.
The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) provisionally closed 37.55 points or 0.49 percent up at 7,708.95 points.
The Sensex of the S&P BSE, which opened at 25,056.47 points, provisionally closed at 25,145.59 points, up 123.43 points or 0.49 percent from the previous day's close at 25,022.16 points.
The Sensex touched a high of 25,180.02 points and a low of 24,996.44 points in the intra-day trade.