vThe Indian stock benchmark Sensex gained 93.13 points or 0.52 percent higher Friday on rises of Asian bourses. The index pared gains in the second half of session and concluded at 18,167.03 points with daily high of 18,260.39 points. Realty, consumer durables, banking and fast moving consumer goods sectors grew 2.31 percent, 1.86 percent, 1.4 percent and 1.1 percent, respectively. State Bank of India, property developer DLF, consumer goods maker ITC and automobile producer Maruti Suzuki picked up 2.35 percent, 2.12 percent, 1.96 percent and 1.86 percent. Still, copper maker Sterlite Industries, Reliance Communications, Reliance Infrastructure and Mahindra and Mahindra lost 4.26 percent, 2.94 percent, 1.03 percent and 0.79 percent. The turnover with Sensex nearly totaled to 249.2million U.S. dollars Friday, from 350 million U.S. dollars of the previous session. Sensex is the common name for the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index. It consists of the 30 largest and most actively traded stocks, representative of various sectors, on the Bombay Stock Exchange. 