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Indian stocks surge over 1 pct

Xinhua, May 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

Indian stocks ended first day of June series with a bang ahead of the GDP numbers for the March quarter to be released later in the day.

Bharti Airtel Ltd and Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd (M&M) are the top Sensex gainers, up 5.98 percent and 4.89 percent, respectively.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex closed at 27,828.44, 321.73 points 1.17 percent up from previous close of 27.506.71. Endi