Stock market closes higher a day before Union Budget
Stock market closed higher on Friday, a day before the announcement of Budget, for the fourth consecutive session.
Stock market closed higher on Friday, a day before the announcement of Budget, for the fourth consecutive session.
At close, Sensex was up 654 points or 0.9 per cent at 76,555 and Nifty was up 206 points or 0.9 per cent at 23,163.
The stock market on Tuesday snapped two-day losing streak and gained 0.5 per cent supported by auto, realty and financials after the RBI announced liquidity-boosting measures.
At close, Sensex was down 824 points or 1 per cent at 75,366, and the Nifty was down 275 points or 1.2 per cent at 22,817.
At the close, the Sensex rose 566 points (0.75%) to 76,404, while the Nifty gained 130 points (0.57%) to finish at 23,155. Market breadth remained weak, with 1,110 stocks advancing, 2,677 declining, and 107 remaining unchanged.
Sensex was down 12.16 points or 0.02% at 80,424.68, and the Nifty was up 31.50 points or 0.13% at 24,572.70.
Indian benchmark indices Nifty and Sensex ended the week with gains after two consecutive weeks of losses.
At close, the Sensex was up 1,330.96 points or 1.68% at 80,436.84, and the Nifty was up 397.40 points or 1.65% at 24,541.20.
At close, the Sensex was up 149.85 points or 0.19 percent at 79,105.88, and the Nifty was up 4.75 points or 0.02 per cent at 24,143.75.
Sensex and Nifty 50 gained back all of the ground they had lost earlier and continued to rise due to encouraging trends in international stocks and new inflows of foreign money.
