Sensex gains 400 points as Rajan sparks reform hopes

Companies:

• ICICI Bank Ltd
• Axis Bank Ltd.

Symbol	Price	Change
ICICIBANK.NS	885.10	+67.35
AXISBANK.NS	896.80	+95.30

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The BSE Sensex rose more than 400 points and the Nifty gained over 140 points on Thursday after new Reserve Bank of India (RBI) chief Raghuram Rajan's comments on potential measures on Wednesday sparked hopes of more reforms aiding the economy and the currency.

Blue-chip shares, especially banks, jumped with NSE bank index surging 7.47 percent (at 1148 IST) after the new RBI governor announced a slew of measures to ease liquidity pressures on banks.
ICICI bank Ltd (NSI:ICICIBANK.NS - News) rose 8 percent while Axis Bank Ltd (NSI:AXISBANK.NS - News) rose nearly 11.48 percent.
The broader Nifty was up 2.69 percent while the benchmark BSE Sensex was up 2.33 percent at 1149 IST.
PRINCE BIKRAM SHAH
P.G.D.M-1st
date-05/09/2013