Sensex

After a dismal show a year ago, the Indian stock market emerged as the third best performer globally in 2012, with a return of over 25 percent for a key index on the back of $24 billion foreign fund inflows and robust buying by domestic investors.

A benchmark index of Indian equities markets closed 95 points higher Tuesday as IT, realty and power stocks went up. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 17,711.80 points, closed at 17,861.69 points (provisional), 94.91 points or 0.53 percent up from its previous day's close at 17,766.78 points.