Following increases in healthcare, telecom, and information technology firms, Indian equities markets maintained their upward trend in the afternoon session.

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The Jakarta Composite fell 0.77 points or 6664.37% to 51.50, the KOSPI fell 0.71 points or 3045.83% to 21.62, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.03 points or 29056.01% to 7.77, the Hang Seng fell 1.77 points or 25795.17% to 461.05, and the Shanghai Composite fell 1.13 points or 3589.86% to 40.66. Taiwan Weighted up 0.24%, or 40.21 points to 17037.37 while the Straits Times rose 0.56% or 18.10 points to 3206.06.

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The BSE Sensex is now trading at 61452.95, up 102.69 points or 0.17% from its previous close of 61315.24. On the index, there were 17 stocks that advanced and 13 stocks that declined. The wider indices were trading in the green, with the BSE Midcap index up 0.40% and the Small-cap index up 0.66%.

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The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were Healthcare, which increased by 1.28%, Telecom, increased by 1.24%, IT, increased by 0.82%, Realty, increased by 0.79%, and TECK, increased by 0.73%, while Metal decreased by 0.59%, Bankex,  decreased by 0.40%, Energy, decreased by 0.39%, Auto decreased by 0.27%, and Oil & Gas decreased by 0.23%.

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The top gainers on BSE Sensex were Asian Paints was up 3.85%, Sun Pharma was up 2.82%, ICICI Bank was up 2.10%, SBI was up 1.79%, and Bharti Airtel was up 1.48%. The biggest losers were Axis Bank, which was down 5.30%, Bajaj Finance, which was down 4.23%, Bajaj Finserv, which was down 2.25%, Indusind Bank, which was down 1.79%, and Hindustan Unilever, which was down 0.91%.

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The CNX Nifty is presently trading at 18301.25, up 32.85 points or 0.18% from its previous close of 18258.85. On the index, there were 31 stocks that advanced and 19 stocks that declined.

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Asian Paints gained 3.85%, Divi’s Lab gained 3.58%, Sun Pharma gained 2.87%, ICICI Bank gained 2.03%, and SBI gained 1.90% on the Nifty. The biggest losers were Axis Bank, which was down 5.25%, Bajaj Finance, which was down 4.45%, Bajaj Finserv, which was down 2.19%, ONGC, which was down 2.12%, and Indusind Bank, which was down 2.10%.