At close, the Sensex was up 301.93 points or 0.36% at 83,878.17, and the Nifty was up 106.95 points or 0.42% at 25,790.25.
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The Indian stock market on Monday ended in the green in a volatile session snapping a five-day losing streak.
At close, the Sensex was up 301.93 points or 0.36% at 83,878.17, and the Nifty was up 106.95 points or 0.42% at 25,790.25.
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The BSE Midcap index fell 0.41%, while the Smallcap index crashed 0.68%. The overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms rose to nearly Rs 469 lakh crore from nearly Rs 468 lakh crore in the previous session.
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Rupee traded flat near 90.16 as markets awaited cues from domestic CPI and WPI data this week.
Among the sectors, Nifty Metal grew 2%, Nifty PSU Bank and FMCG saw healthy gains of 0.65% and 0.59%, respectively while Nifty Bank rose 0.34%.
On the losing side were Nifty Media down by 1.55% and Realty down by 1.22%.
The top gainers on Nifty were Coal India (3.39%), Tata Steel (2.75%), and Asian Paints (2.50%).
Those ending as top losers were Infosys (1.02%), Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles (1%), and Bajaj Finance (1%).
Out of 4,485 stocks traded on the BSE, 1,468 advanced, while 2,837 declined.
Some 180 stocks remained unchanged.
Around 82 stocks hit their 52-week highs while as many as 532 stocks hit their 52-week lows on the BSE.
Those on the highs were Alkem Laboratories, Emcure Pharmaceuticals, and Tamilnad Mercantile Bank. ITC, IRCTC, Tube Investments of India, United Breweries (UBL), and Page Industries, were on lows.
Among the banking stocks, IndusInd Bank was the top gainer rising over 2%.
ICICI Bank rose over 1%. SBI, AU Small Finance Bank, Yes Bank and Union Bank of India, Kotak Mahindra Bank and HDFC Bank shares also traded in the green.
As per the data released by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI), the year-on-year inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) for December, 2025 stands at 1.33% (Provisional) over December, 2024 mainly attributed to increase in inflation of Personal care and effects, Vegetables, Meat and fish, Egg, Spices and Pulses and Products.
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