The Sensex rose 1,071.47 points, 1.87%, to 56,857.79 while
the Nifty was up by 287.80 points, 1.73%, to 16,929.60 at close of trading on Thursday.

The Sensex moved in a high and low band of 56,914.22 and 56,236.45.
There were 25 stocks advancing against 5 declining stocks on the index.

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The Nifty traded in a range of 16,947.65 and 16,746.25.
There were 40 stocks advancing against 10 stocks declining on the index.

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The broader indices ended in green with the BSE mid-cap
index increasing 0.94%, while small-cap index was up by 0.65%. On the sectoral
front, IT was up by 2.51%, Finance up by 2.21%, TECK up by 2.19%, Realty up by
2.03%, Metal up by 1.86% and Bankex up by 1.72%, while Telecom down by 0.37%
was the lone losing index on BSE.

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The top gainers on the Sensex were Bajaj Finance up by
10.68%, Bajaj Finserv up by 10.14%, Tata Steel up by 4.59%, Kotak Mahindra Bank
up by 4.25% and Indusind Bank up by 3.90%. On the flip side, Bharti Airtel down
by 1.19%, Ultratech Cement down by 0.96%, Dr. Reddy’s Lab down by 0.73%, ITC
down by 0.16% and sun pharma down by 0.12% were the top losers.

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The top gainers on Nifty were Bajaj Finance up by 10.46%,
Bajaj Finserv up by 10.09%, Tata Steel up by 4.43%, Kotak Mahindra Bank up by 4.18%
and SBI Life Insurance up by 3.78%. On the flip side, Shree Cement down by
3.06%, Bharti Airtel down by 1.17%, Ultratech Cement down by 0.92%, Dr. Reddy’s
Lab down by 0.70% and Cipla down by 0.62% were the top losers.

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Akshar Spintex Limited, Apar Industries Limited, Astra
Microwave Products Limited, Adani Total Gas Limited and Bharat Electronics
Limited have hit a 52-week high on Thursday.

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COSMO FIRST LIMITED, DRC Systems India Limited, GlaxoSmithKline
Pharmaceuticals Limited, ICICI Prudential Nifty 5 Yr Benchmark G-SEC ETF and ICICI
Prudential Mutual Fund – ICICI Prudential Silver ETF touched a 52-week low on Thursday.

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Bajaj Finance Limited (BAJFINANCE), Bajaj Finserv Limited
(BAJAJFINSV), Tata Motors Limited (TATAMOTORS), Reliance Industries Limited (RELIANCE)
and Tata Steel Limited (TATASTEEL) were the most active equities on NSE.

Aditya Birla Sun Life Nifty ETF – Growth, Mirae Asset
Mutual Fund – Mirae Asset Nifty Midcap 150 ETF, Novartis India Limited, HOV
Services Limited and IFB Industries Limited were the top volume gainers.

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Adroit Infotech Limited (ADROITINFO), Agro Phos India
Limited (AGROPHOS), Akash Infra-Projects Limited (AKASH), Ambica Agarbathies &
Aroma Industries Limited (AMBICAAGAR) and Ankit Metal & Power Limited
(ANKITMETAL) hit the upper price band.

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21st Century Management Services Limited (21STCENMGM),
Aakash Exploration Services Limited (AAKASH), Alps Industries Limited
(ALPSINDUS), Antarctica Limited (ANTGRAPHIC) and Brightcom Group Limited (BCG) hit
the lower price band. There were 92 securities that hit the upper band while 60
hit the lower band on July 28, 2022.