The stock market on Wednesday wrapped up the session on a high note, notching its seventh straight day of gains. Robust buying was seen in IT, auto, and pharma stocks.
There was a smart rally in equities, with HDFC Bank and Bharti Airtel emerging as the biggest gainers.
At close, the Sensex was up 309.40 points or 0.40% at 77,044.29, and the Nifty was up 108.65 points or 0.47% at 23,437.20.
In a rank-wise analysis, Reliance Industries remained the most valued firm, followed by HDFC Bank, TCS, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever, Bajaj Finance and ITC.
Stock Market staged a strong rebound, snapping a three-day losing streak with Nifty 50 closing above 22,500 as across-the-board buying revived sentiment, in-line with the rally across Asian markets and Europe.
Benchmark indices plunged nearly 2% on Friday, dragged down by a broad-based sell-off wiping out Rs 8.8 lakh crore in market capitalization. For the week, the total wealth erosion has been recorded at ₹20 lakh crore.
At close, Sensex was up 10.31 points or 0.01% at 74,612.43, and the Nifty was down 2.50 points or 0.01% at 22,545.05.
The stock market extended the losses to the fourth session on Wednesday and ended marginally lower in the highly volatile session. At close, the Sensex was down 28.21 points or 0.04% at 75,939.18, andthe Nifty was down 12.40 points or 0.05% at 22,932.90.
On the losing side were Indusind Bank (2.30%), Trent (1.94%), Ultratech Cement (1.58%), Bharat Electronics (1.57%), and Mahindra & Mahindra (1.48%).
Benchmark indices on Wednesday extend the fall on sixth consecutive session as market failed to build on the mid-session sharp recovery from day's low, and ended marginally lower.
