Fag-end buying lifts Sensex 149 pts; Nifty near 18K; Titan soars 6%, SBI 3%

Titan (up 6 per cent), Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Auto, Divis Labs, SBI, Hindalco, and Hero MotoCorp were the top gainers on the 50-pack index

Closing Bell

Domestic indices ended a choppy day in the positive territory on Tuesday amid fag-end buying in PSB, FMCG, and auto stocks. The Nifty PSU Bank index settled 3 per cent higher on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) today, followed by the Nifty FMCG and Auto indices (up 1.3 per cent and 0.8 per cent, respectively).

Earlier in the day, Indian equities mirrored global trends and remained in the red for the better part of the day as a global energy crunch fuelled inflation fears and concerns about Evergrande's debt problems clouded investor sentiment. Besides, soaring crude oil