Sensex jumps 448 points on fresh fund inflows

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged on Friday after four days of decline in tandem with a rally in global markets as a lower-than-expected US consumer price inflation data for November reinforced expectations of further interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/ReutersFresh foreign fund inflows also drove the equity markets higher.The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 447.55 points, or 0.53 per cent, to settle at 84,929.36.During the day, it surged 585.69 points, or 0.69 pe ...