Mumbai, Dec. 6 -- The benchmark index of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Friday recovered by 173 pts to open at 40,952.13 on fresh buying in Materials, Energy, FMCG, Telecom and Bankex stocks. The Nifty of National Stock Exchange (NSE) too gained by 29 pts to 12,047.35. The Sensex registered intra day high and low at 40,952.13 and 40,736.35 pts respectively. The Nifty recorded intra day high and low at 12,057.05 and 12,002.85 pts respectively. The sectoral indices like Materials, Energy, FMCGF, Telecom and Bankex pushed the market up, broker informed. The gainers were Asian Paints by 1.66 per cent to Rs 1743.40, Kotak Bank by 1.31 per cent to Rs 1671.50, Tata Steel by 1.21 per cent to Rs 404.50 and HDFC Bank by 0.85 per cent to Rs 1256. The ...