Share Market Highlights, Aug 26: Sensex adds 612 points, Nifty holds 25,000; IT, Metal shares shine

Stock Market Highlights on Monday, August 26: Monday ended in favour of the bulls as 33 out of 50 listed stocks on Nifty50 ended higher with gains led by Hindalco, HCL Tech, NTPC, and ONGC

Stock Market Highlights on Monday, August 26: Indian benchmarks - BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty - ended the week's first trading session on a higher note. Sensex added as much as 612 points or 0.75 per cent to settle at 81,698.11 on Monday. Mirroring Sensex, Nifty50 too ended 187.46 points or 0.76 per cent higher at 25,010.60. 

Monday ended in favour of the bulls, as 33 out of 50 listed stocks on Nifty50 ended higher with gains led by HCL Tech, Hindalco, NTPC, ONGC, and Bajaj Finserv of up to 4.24 per cent.
 

Similarly, among the 30 constituents of Sensex, 21 stocks ended higher with gains led by HCL Tech, NTPC, and Bajaj Finserv of up to 4 per cent. 

The broader indices too ended higher on Monday with gains led by the Nifty Midcap 100 of 0.64 per cent. Among the sectors, IT, Metal, Realty, and OMCs led the gains of up to 2.16 per cent.

Paytm shares fall: Noteably, shares of One 97 Communications (Paytm) plunged 8.88 per cent to Rs 505.25 apiece, before settling at Rs 530.95, down 4.25 per cent on the BSE on Monday. This followed reports that the company's founder, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, had been served a show cause notice by the market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).