Stock market reports solid gains, extends winning run on last day of FY24
Sensex was up 655.04 points or 0.90% at 73,651.35, and the Nifty was up 203.20 points or 0.92% at 22,326.90.
Sensex was up 655.04 points or 0.90% at 73,651.35, and the Nifty was up 203.20 points or 0.92% at 22,326.90.
Sensex ended higher by 526.01 points or 0.73% at 72,996.31 level while the Nifty 50 closed at 22,123.65 level, up 118.95 points or 0.54%.
Sensex opened the day at 72,396.97 against the previous close of 72,831.94 and traded in the negative territory throughout the session. The Nifty 50 opened at 21,947.90 against the previous close of 22,096.75
The Industrial Products sector emerged as the top performer, welcoming 48 new entrepreneurs and witnessing a staggering 147 per cent increase in cumulative wealth.
Sensex is trading at 72,558.11 points, down 273.83 points. Powergrid, Tech Mahindra, Maruti are down more than 1 per cent.
IMF also warned that the deadly epidemic could put an already fragile global economic recovery at risk.
Among the Sensex stocks, HUL was the top gainer followed by Nestle, Kotak Mahindra, Asian Paints and M&M.
At 1319 hours, the 30-share BSE index was trading 221.06 points higher at 41,363.72, and the broader NSE advanced 51.85 points to 12,135.35.
At 3.59 p.m. the Sensex was at 41,142.66, higher by 353.28 points and the Nifty was up 109.50 points at 12,089.15.
At 12.41 pm, the Sensex was up 53.23 points at 39,788.76 and Nifty gained 25.30 points to achieve 11,687.15.