Sensex, Nifty sharply advance on back of Maha assembly polls results
Sensex and Nifty sharply advanced in the morning trade on Monday on the back of Maharashtra assembly election.
Sensex and Nifty sharply advanced in the morning trade on Monday on the back of Maharashtra assembly election.
At close, the Sensex was up 1,961.32 points or 2.54% at 79,117.11, and the Nifty was up 557.35 points or 2.39% at 23,907.25.
The Indian stock market, which saw a super rally on Tuesday, lost the steam towards the end amid heavy profit-booking, as fresh tensions between Ukraine and Russia came to light.
At close, the Sensex was down 820.97 points or 1.03% at 78,675.18, and the Nifty was down 257.80 points or 1.07% at 23,883.50.
At close, the Sensex was up 9.83 points or 0.01 per cent at 79,496.15, and the Nifty was down 6.90 points or 0.03 per cent at 24,141.30.
During the week, Sensex tumbled 1,071.43 points or 2.63 per cent, while Nifty sank 287.95 points or 2.41 per cent.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap ended with loss at 0.76 per cent and 0.93 per cent respectively.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap ended with gains at 1.65 per cent and 0.6 per cent respectively.
On the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap ended with losses at 1.77 per cent and 0.88 per cent respectively.
Healthy buying was witnessed in the banking and finance stocks. A positive trend in the Asian markets also supported the domestic indices.
