CLOSING BELL: The recovery was led by Kotak Bank (up 4 per cent), L&T, Bharti Airtel, SBI, HDFC Bank, HDFC, and ITC

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<b>CLOSING BELL<br />
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Stock market highlights:&nbsp;</b>After falling as much as 300 points during the day, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex recouped all of its losses to end at 60,298, up 38 points or 0.06 per cent. The NSE Nifty50, too, recovered from a low of 17,852 to settle at 17,965, up 21 points or 0.12 per cent.<br />
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	The recovery was led by Kotak Bank (up 4 per cent), L&T, Bharti Airtel, SBI, HDFC Bank, HDFC, and ITC. However, the stocks that kept the indices under pressure during the day included Infosys, TCS, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, and Wipro.<br />
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	The broader BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices, meanwhile, outperformed the frontline indices throughout the day and closed up to 0.4 per cent higher.<br />
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	Among sectors, the Nifty Metal and Realty indices gained over 1 per cent each, while the Nifty IT fell 0.7 per cent.<br />
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	<strong>Sensex at 60,000: What next?</strong></div>
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	It has been mostly a one-way street for equity markets since July 2022. The S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 have rallied around 13 per cent each since then. The gains in the mid-and small-caps have been sharper with both these indices on the BSE surging around 14 per cent each during this period. <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/sensex-reclaims-60-000-mark-what-should-your-market-strategy-be-now-122081800305_1.html" target="_blank"><strong>READ MORE</strong></a></div>

STOCK MARKET LIVE: Nifty, Sensex, US FOMC, Inflation, Rate hike, Crude oil, FII

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Indo Amines surges 17% on receiving environmental clearance for units

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	The company has received an environmental clearance for the expansion of &#39;synthetic organic chemical&#39; production at its manufacturing plants in Thane and Dhule, Maharashtra.<br />
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GAIL sits in green; board approves fund raise of over $3 billion

Natco Pharma rises 1.5% on approval for Trabectedin injection

Realty firmly gains among sectors, IT, Pharma drop most

Sona BLW sinks 5%; 17.4% equity changes hands

SENSEX HEATMAP | Only 10 of 30 stocks hold gains

BROADER MARKETS | Small-caps, mid-caps move higher in weak market

NIFTY LOSERS | Drug-makers top index drags; Wipro, BPCL also weigh

NIFTY WINNERS | HDFC Life, Eicher Motors, ITC defy weak trend

OPENING BELL | Nifty opens with slight downtick, holds 17900

OPENING BELL | Sensex slides 200 pts at open

CURRENCY ALERT | Rupee opens 15 paise weaker at 79.60/$

Sensex ends 352 pts off day's lows, rises 38 pts; L&T, Airtel top gainers