Stock market extends winning steak; PSU bank at new high
Sensex closed 487 points, or 0.66%, higher at 74,339.44 while the Nifty closed the day with a gain of 168 points, or 0.75%, at 22,570.35 on the monthly F&O expiry day.
Sensex closed 487 points, or 0.66%, higher at 74,339.44 while the Nifty closed the day with a gain of 168 points, or 0.75%, at 22,570.35 on the monthly F&O expiry day.
On the BSE Sensex, 13 of the 30 stocks ended in the red with TCS, Tech Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki India, Reliance Industries, and Titan were the top drags for the day. JSW Steel, Tata Steel, Power Grid Corp., Kotak Mahindra Bank, and UltraTech Cement, were the top gainers.
Sensex was up 599.34 points, or 0.83 per cent at 73,088.33, while the Nifty was up 151.20 points or 0.69 per cent at 22,147.
Sensex closed with a loss of 455 points, or 0.62%, at 72,488.99 while the Nifty 50 ended the day at 21,995.85, down 152 points, or 0.69%.
The losses were weighed on investors' risk appetite who will also closely track March quarter results at home.
Sensex was up 354.45 points, or 0.47%, at 75,038.15, and the Nifty was up 111 points, or 0.49%, at 22,753.80.
HDFC Bank and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) emerged as the biggest gainers in line with an overall positive trend in equities.
At the close, the Sensex ended 350.81 points, or 0.47% higher at 74,227.63 while the Nifty 80 points or 0.36% at 22,514.70.
At the time of close, the Sensex was down 27.09 points, or 0.04%, at 73,876.82, while the Nifty was down 18.6 points, or 0.08%, at 22,434.70.
In a sector-wise analysis, the realty, metal, oil and gas, media, power and auto were up 1-2%, while the information technology and telecom indices were down 0.5% each.