Closing Bell on Thursday, July 4, 2024: Indian stock markets closed higher on Thursday, amid the weekly F&O expiry, and information technology (IT) stocks held the fort.
The BSE Sensex index closed at 80,050, up 63 points or 0.08 per cent, after it hit a record high of 80,393 in the intraday trade. The NSE Nifty50, on the other hand, nothced a fresh lifetime high of 24,401 before ending at 24,302, up 16 points or 0.06 per cent.
Tata Motors, HCL Tech, ICICI Bank, Sun Pharma, Infosys, TCS, Kotak Bank, M&M, Asian Paints, and Bharti Airtel were the top gainers on the SEnsex, up between 0.3 per cent and 3 per cent.
HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, Tech M, Ultratech Cement, L&T, and Titan, on the other hand, closed up to 2.2 per cent lower.
The broader markets, however, outperformed the benchmarks with the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices closing 0.6 per cent higher each.
Among sectors, the Nifty IT, and Pharma indices added over 1 per cent each, while the Nifty FMCG fell 0.21 per cent.
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