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Sensex Ends Above 46,000; Nifty Crosses 13,500 Mark

Catch all live updates on share prices, index moves, corporate announcements and more from Indian stock markets today.

Pedestrians walk past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
Pedestrians walk past the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai, India. (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
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Indian equity markets continued their record breaking run, registering yet another record high, buoyed by a strong global sentiment.

The S&P BSE Sensex crossed the 46,000 mark in today's session, ending 1.1% higher at 46,103. The 30-stock gauge only took three sessions to scale the 1,000 point milestone between 45,000 to 46,000. The index also gained for the fifth straight day.

The NSE Nifty 50 index too ended above the mark of 13,500 in today's trading session. The index ended 1% higher at 13,529. This was the seventh straight day of gains for the benchmark index.

Among sectoral indices, the Nifty Bank index gained over 400 points in today's session to end nearly 1.5% higher.

The Nifty Media index was the outperformer in today's session, ending with gains of 3.7%. This was the biggest single-day gain for the stock in a month.

Other gainers in today's session were the Nifty Realty index (up 1.4%), Nifty I.T. index (up 0.9%) and Nifty FMCG index (up 0.8%).

After initial gains, the Nifty PSU Bank index snapped a four-day winning streak to end 1.2% lower.

Broader markets underperformed in today's session but managed to close with gains. The Nifty Midcap index gained 0.6% while the Smallcap index closed 0.5% higher. The Midcap index ended higher for the ninth straight day, at the highest level since February 2018.

The India Volatility Index ended 0.8% higher at 18.77.

1,110 stocks on the NSE ended with gains while 786 declined.

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Markets At 2:10 P.M.

  • Benchmark indices extend gains to trade at the day's high
  • Sensex up 1.1% at 46,117
  • Nifty up 1.1% at 13,536
  • Nifty Bank up 1.5% at 30,713
  • Nifty Midcap index up 0.8%
  • Nifty Smallcap index up 0.8%
  • India Volatility Index up 5.2% at 19.6
  • Nifty Media index extends gains; up 3.9%
  • Nifty Realty is the other major gainer; up 1.8%
  • Nifty I.T. index up 1.1% while Nifty FMCG index gains 1%
  • UPL remains the top Nifty gainer; up 3.9%
  • Hindalco remains the top Nifty laggard; down 1.4%
  • 1,174 stocks on the NSE trade with gains while 684 decline
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