Sensex climbs in last minutes, ends above 16,000

Mumbai, Nov 5 : A key Indian equities index Thursday rose 158 points to shut shop above the 16,000-mark after languishing in the negative terrain for most of the day.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened higher at 15,926.13 points, closed at 16,070.21 points (provisional), 0.99 percent or 158.08 points above Wednesday's close at 15,912.13 points.

Around the same time, the S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), too, closed in the positive terrain at 4,769.2 points, up 1.24 percent or 58.4 points over its last close.

Mid-to-smaller capitalised scrips ended up as gainers as well, with the BSE midcap index closing 2.13 percent up and the BSE small cap index ending 1.98 percent higher.