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.
This week, the Nifty surpassed the 25,000 mark for the first time ever and Sensex broke the psychological 82,000 mark.
Sensex closed at 81,867.55, up 126 points, or 0.15%. The index hit its fresh all-time high of 82,129.49.
The Sensex closed 0.35% higher at 81,455.4, 285.94 points above opening price. The index traded between 81,828.04 and 81,434.32.
Sensex opened at 81,349.28 against its previous close of 81,355.84 and settled 100 points, or 0.12%, higher at 81,455.40.
Indian stock market indices opened with gains on Monday following the global rally. On the National Stock Exchange, the Nifty 50 index opened at 24,943.30, up by 108.45 points or 0.44 per cent, while the BSE Sensex gained 346.93 points or 0.43 per cent to reach 81,679.65 points.
