The Sensex rose 566 points in early trade on Friday, continuing the previous day’s surge, aided by purchasing in index behemoth Reliance Industries and IT firms on solid global trends. Sensex was up 565.66 points to 56,383.77. The Nifty gained 159.85 points to 16,787.85.

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Wipro, HCL Technologies, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Reliance Industries, Bajaj Finserv, TCS, and Bajaj Finance were the top gainers on the Sensex. UltraTech Cement, NTPC, Bharti Airtel, and Asian Paints, on the other hand, were laggards.

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The broader indices were trading in green with the BSE Mid cap index rising 0.40%, while the Small cap index was up by 0.72%. The top gaining sectoral indices on the BSE were IT up by 2.21%, TECK up by 1.80%, Energy up by 1.13%, Capital Goods up by 0.73%, Realty up by 0.71%, while Power down by 0.57%, Utilities down by 0.53%, Basic Materials down by 0.39%, FMCG down by 0.15%, Auto down by 0.07% were the top losing indices on BSE.

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Other Asian markets were trading in the green, including Seoul and Tokyo. China’s markets were closed for the holiday. On Thursday, US stock markets finished significantly higher.

On Thursday, the Sensex rose 436.94 points, or 0.79%, to 55,818.11. The Nifty rose 105.25 points, or 0.64%, to 16,628.

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According to stock exchange statistics, foreign institutional investors sold shares worth Rs 451.82 crore on Thursday.

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Meanwhile, the international oil benchmark Brent crude fell 0.9% to USD 117.42 per barrel. The rupee rose 13 paise to 77.47 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday, helped by a drop in the dollar index and advances in domestic equities.