The Sensex rose 214.17 points, 0.37%, to 58,350.53 while
the Nifty was up by 42.70 points, 0.25%, to 17,388.15 at close of trading on Wednesday.

The Sensex moved in a high and low band of 58,415.63 and
57,788.78. There were 18 stocks advancing against 12 declining stocks on the
index.

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The Nifty traded in a range of 17,407.50 and 17,225.85.
There were 25 stocks advancing against 25 stocks declining on the index.

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The broader indices ended in green with the BSE mid-cap
index increasing 0.60%, while small-cap index was up by 0.28%. On the sectoral
front, IT was up by 1.28% and TECK was up by 1.13%, while Telecom down by 1.26%,
Capital Goods down by 0.82%, Auto down by 0.78%, Realty down by 0.73%,
Healthcare down by 0.65% were the losing indices on BSE.

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The top gainers on the Sensex were Tech Mahindra up by
1.97%, TCS up by 1.51%, Infosys up by 1.44%, Titan Company up by 1.27% and
Asian Paints up by 1.22%. On the flip side, Maruti Suzuki down by 2.29%, Sun
Pharma down by 2.17%, Kotak Mahindra Bank down by 1.75%, Indusind Bank down by
0.90% and Bajaj Finance down by 0.65% were the top losers.

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The top gainers on Nifty were Tech Mahindra up by 2.22%,
Infosys up by 1.70%, Titan Company up by 1.42%, TCS up by 1.37% and Asian
Paints up by 1.36%. On the flip side, Sun Pharma down by 2.22%, Tata Motors
down by 1.93%, Kotak Mahindra Bank down by 1.84%, Maruti Suzuki down by 1.74%
and Coal India down by 1.51% were the top losers.

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Adani Enterprises Limited, Adani Power Limited, Adani
Transmission Limited, AIA Engineering Limited and Adani Total Gas Limited have
hit a 52-week high on Wednesday.

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited, Nava Limited and
Naga Dhunseri Group Limited touched a 52-week low on Wednesday.

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Zomato Limited (ZOMATO), Reliance Industries Limited (RELIANCE),
State Bank of India (SBIN), Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) and Infosys
Limited (INFY) were the most active equities on NSE.

RPG Life Sciences Limited, Johnson Controls – Hitachi Air
Conditioning India Limited, Chemfab Alkalis Limited, MOIL Limited and AMD
Industries Limited were the top volume gainers.

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21st Century Management Services Limited (21STCENMGM), A2Z
Infra Engineering Limited (A2ZINFRA), Aakash Exploration Services Limited
(AAKASH), ABM International Limited (ABMINTLLTD) and Adani Power Limited
(ADANIPOWER) hit the upper price band.

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Agro Phos India Limited (AGROPHOS), Akash Infra-Projects
Limited (AKASH), Antarctica Limited (ANTGRAPHIC), Art Nirman Limited
(ARTNIRMAN) and Automotive Stampings and Assemblies Limited (ASAL) hit the
lower price band. There were 76 securities that hit the upper band while 67 hit
the lower band on August 3, 2022.