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 up 20.59 points or 0.03% at 74,248.22, and the Nifty was up 10.80 points or 0.05% at 22,525.50.
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.
Sensex is up more than 400 points in trade on Monday led by metal stocks.
