Stock market midday report: Sensex climbs 48 points, Nifty around 18,160

In the afternoon session, Indian stocks traded in the green, in line with their global peers, while Asian markets were generally in the green. The Jakarta Composite increased by 0.59 points or 6640.05 percent to 39.00, the KOSPI increased by 28.54 points or 0.94 percent to 3,049.08, the Taiwan Weighted increased by 140.10 points or 0.83 percent to 17,034.34, the Straits Times increased by 1.20 point or 0.04 percent to 3,203.06, and the Nikkei 225 increased by 505.60 points or 1.77 percent to 29,106.01. In contrast, the Hang Seng fell 186.69 points, or 0.71 percent, to 25,945.34, while the Shanghai Composite fell 0.24 points, or 3612.83 percent, to 8.60.

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The BSE Sensex is now at 61015.55, up 48.50 points or 0.08 percent after trading between 60791.29 and 61404.87. On the index, there were 16 stocks that advanced and 14 stocks that declined.

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The wider indexes were trading in the green, with the BSE Midcap index rising 1.17 percent and the Small-cap index rising 1.63 percent.

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The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Realty, which increased by 2.62 percent, Consumer Durables, which increased by 1.84 percent, Basic Materials, which increased by 1.53 percent, Consumer Discretionary, which increased by 1.19 percent, and PSU, which increased by 1.15 percent, while Bankex, which decreased by 0.24 percent, was the only losing index on the BSE.

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Tech Mahindra gained 2.62 percent, SBI gained 2.14 percent, Tata Steel gained 1.80 percent, Titan Company gained 1.77 percent, and Ultratech Cement gained 1.57 percent on the Sensex. On the other hand, the top losers are Indusind Bank, which is down 1.73 percent, Axis Bank, which is down 1.54 percent, ICICI Bank, which is down 1.18 percent, Hindustan Unilever, which is down 0.89 percent, and Kotak Mahindra Bank, which is down 0.85 percent.

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The CNX Nifty is presently trading at 18160.45, up 35.05 points or 0.19 percent after ranging between 18099.30 and 18265.20. On the index, there were 31 stocks that advanced and 19 stocks that declined.

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Tata Motors gained 4.28 percent, SBI Life Insurance gained 3.02 percent, Grasim Industries gained 2.99 percent, Tech Mahindra gained 2.61 percent, and SBI gained 2.10 percent on the Nifty. The biggest losers were IndusInd Bank, which was down 1.83 percent, Axis Bank, which was down 1.49 percent, ICICI Bank, which was down 1.19 percent, Adani Ports, which was down 0.97 percent, and Hindustan Unilever, which was down 0.95 percent.