Market extends gain on second session led by realty, financial stocks
At close, the Sensex was up 363.99 points or 0.45 per cent at 80,369.03, and the Nifty was up 127.60 points or 0.52 per cent at 24,466.80.
At close, the Sensex was up 363.99 points or 0.45 per cent at 80,369.03, and the Nifty was up 127.60 points or 0.52 per cent at 24,466.80.
At close, the Sensex was up 602.75 points or 0.76 per cent at 80,005.04, and the Nifty was up 158.35 points or 0.65 per cent at 24,339.15.
Stock market faced a significant selloff on Friday with Sensex and Nifty dropping nearly 1 per cent. At close, the Sensex was down 662.87 points or 0.83 per cent at 79,402.29, and the Nifty was down 218.60 points or 0.90 per cent at 24,180.80.
At close, the Sensex was down 16.82 points or 0.02 per cent at 80,065.16, and the Nifty was down 36.10 points or 0.15 per cent at 24,399.40. Today marked the fourth consecutive day of losses for the indices.
At close, the Sensex was down 930.55 points or 1.15% at 80,220.72, and the Nifty was down 309.00 points or 1.25% at 24,472.10.
Domestic equities remained buoyant and benchmark Nifty surpassed the psychologically-key 15,000 level before settling lower, said Binod Modi, Head Strategy at Reliance Securities.
On the Sensex pack, gainers were led by IndusInd Bank, zooming around 8 per cent, followed by PowerGrid, Dr Reddy's, Sun Pharma, NTPC and Axis Bank.
Most analysts are of the view that the equity markets reacted positively to the Budget primarily due to higher capital expenditure plans, status quo on direct taxes and no incremental taxes on capital gains.
During the last trading hours, Sensex was trading at 48,555.42, higher by 2,269.65 points or 4.90 per cent.
On the Sensex chart, IndusInd Bank, trading higher by over 7 per cent, followed by ICICI Bank, HDFC, Larsen, HDFC Bank and SBI
