Midday report: Sensex jumps 97 points, Nifty up 31 points
- The Sensex is presently trading at 59,429.84, up 97.24 points or 0.16%
- The Nifty is presently trading at 17690.15, up 31.15 points or 0.18%
- Asian markets were trading mostly in green on Friday
On the strength of encouraging signs from other Asian markets, Indian equities indices were holding heads in the green territory in the midday session.
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Asian markets were trading mostly in green with Nikkei 225 surging 727.65 points or 2.62% to 28,546.98, Hang Seng increased 76.79 points or 0.38% to 20,159.22, Taiwan Weighted strengthened 86.31 points or 0.57% to 15,284.16 and KOSPI rose 0.93 points or 0.04% to 2,524.71. On the flip side, Shanghai Composite declined 3.09 points or 0.09% to 3,278.58, Jakarta Composite lost 25.99 points or 0.36% to 7,134.40 and Straits Times trembled 30.87 points or 0.93% to 3,271.09.
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The Sensex is presently trading at 59,429.84, up 97.24 points or 0.16% after moving in a range of 59,113.01 and 59,457.62. On the index, there were 15 stocks that advanced and 15 stocks that declined.
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The broader indices were trading in green with the BSE Midcap index up by 0.25%, while the Small cap index was up by 0.59%. The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Oil & Gas up by 2.06%, Energy up by 1.88%, Metal up by 1.74%, Realty up by 1.33% and PSU up by 1.27%, while Healthcare down by 0.71%, TECK down by 0.52%, IT down by 0.44%, Auto down by 0.26% and FMCG down by 0.05% were the top losing indices on BSE.
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The top gainers on the Sensex were Tata Steel up by 2.75%, NTPC up by 2.41%, Power Grid up by 1.77%, Reliance Industries up by 1.31% and SBI up by 1.00%. On the flip side, Mahindra & Mahindra was down by 1.16%, Maruti Suzuki was down by 1.12%, Infosys down by 1.09%, Larsen & Toubro down by 1.00% and Ultratech Cement down by 0.91% were the top losers.
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The Nifty is presently trading at 17690.15, up 31.15 points or 0.18% after moving in a range of 17,597.85 and 17,699.90. On the index, 28 stocks advanced and 22 stocks declined.
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The top gainers on Nifty were ONGC up by 3.80%, Tata Steel up by 2.80%, NTPC up by 2.34%, SBI Life Insuran up by 1.88% and UPL up by 1.83%. On the flip side, Apollo Hospital Ent. was down by 3.01%, Divi’s Lab was down by 2.73%, Mahindra & Mahindra down by 1.26%, Tata Consumer Product down by 1.20% and Infosys down by 1.13% were the top losers.
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