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, the Sensex gained 0.3 per cent (226.85 points) to 76,759.81, while the Nifty rose 0.3 per cent (86.4 points) to 23,249.5.
In a major blow to the financial influencers (finfluencers), the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has restricted their use of live stock market data in educational content.
At close, Sensex fell 0.43 per cent at 76,190.46, while the Nifty declined 0.49 per cent, ending at 23,092.20. BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices dropped 1.6 per cent and 2.2 per cent, respectively.
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.
The Sensex was trading at 80,752.18 after slipping 254.43 points or 0.31 per cent. At the same time, the Nifty opened trading at 24,675.30 after falling 74.55 points or 0.3 per cent.
The market failed to hold onto the opening gains to end on a negative note on Tueday. Nifty finished below 25,100 dragged by auto, metal and pharma. At close, Sensex was down 152.93 points or 0.19% at 81,820.12, and the Nifty was down 70.70 points or 0.28% at 25,057.30.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Reliance Industries emerged as the biggest laggards, in line with weak trend in equities.
Stock market failed to hold the higher levels and ended with marginal gains in the rangebound session on Thursday.
At close, the Sensex was down 638.45 points or 0.78% at 81,050, and the Nifty was down 218.80 points or 0.87% at 24,795.80.
