mumbai key equity indices closed firm thursday after a fairly volatile session across sectors capital goods were sharply higher while technology declined asian indices helped indian equities open up on thursday and firmed up on widespread buying but the fourday rally attracted profit booking the volatility heightened as shorts were unwound ahead of the nifty june series expiry bombay stock exchanges 30share sensex ended 061 per cent or 87 points higher at 14499 the index made an intraday high of 14526 and low of 14406 national stock exchanges 50stock nifty closed up 044 per cent or 19 points at 4267 intraday it rose to a high of 4275 and low of 4220 on bse 1437 shares advanced while 1134 declined 82 remained unchanged the trend in the market is still positive the gyrations seen are natural and as we come closer to the june expiry it will increase said shankar char head dealer at centrum capital when the nifty neared 4200 its support fresh buying emerged i believe the nifty could touch 4375 shortly char said reliance energy up 4 per cent was the biggest gainer on the sensex larsen toubro 388 per cent bhel 364 per cent hindalco industries 274 per cent reliance communications 222 per cent and hdfc 2 per cent were the other gainers hero honda 108 per cent satyam computer 106 per cent maruti udyog 09 per cent bharti airtel 078 per cent grasim industries 067 per cent were the biggest losers technology stocks underperformed the broad market the bse it index was marginally lower at 4887 patni computer systems slipped 234 per cent to rs 514 satyam was down 106 per cent at rs 46680 but infosys technologies ended 012 per cent higher at rs 1956 and financial technologies surged 447 per cent to rs 2807 sugar stocks turned sweet on the government announcement to increase the buffer stock shree renuka sugar rose 17 per cent to rs 616 bajaj hindustan ended 1 per cent higher at rs 165 balrampur chini was up 2 per cent to rs 6950 larsen toubro ended 388 per cent higher at rs 2106 after it bagged a 9495million contract for construction of two ships from biglift shipping of netherlands neyveli lignite was up 163 per cent at rs 62 after the government announced raising the royalty to states on coal and lignite by 14 per cent hindustan petroleum corporation shares ended nearly 4 per cent higher at rs 273 after the cabinet committee on economic affairs approved the proposal allowing steel baron lakshmi mittal to pick up 49 per cent stake in the staterun oil refiners bhatinda unit courtesy wwweconomictimescom