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The broader NSE Nifty declined 18.65 points or 0.08 per cent to 22,434.65, with 30 components of the 50-share benchmark ending with losses
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Despite the recent selloff, the Nifty Smallcap 100 and the Nifty Midcap 100 indices gained 70 per cent and 60 per cent, respectively
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty rallied for the second straight session on Thursday to end the 2023-24 fiscal on a bullish note, powered by across-the-board buying amid a bullish trend in global equities. Power, auto and metal stocks witnessed robust demand, even as a depreciating rupee weighed on sentiment, traders said. Extending its previous day's rally, the 30-share index jumped 655.04 points or 0.90 per cent to settle at 73,651.35. During the day, it zoomed 1,194 points or 1.63 per cent to 74,190.31. The NSE Nifty climbed 203.25 points or 0.92 per cent to end at 22,326.90. On a weekly basis, the BSE benchmark climbed 819.41 points or 1.12 per cent, and the NSE Nifty advanced 230.15 points or 1.04 per cent. In the 2023-24 financial year, Sensex jumped 14,659.83 points or 24.85 per cent, while the Nifty soared 4,967.15 points or 28.61 per cent. "Indian equities closed the day and fiscal year on an optimistic note, with volatility by the end of the session, as buying
Reliance Industries rose 3.6 per cent to close at Rs 2,984, becoming both the biggest gainer and the biggest contributor to the Sensex and Nifty gains
Smallcap and midcap scheme categories have raked in over Rs 60,000 crore of investor flows in the past one year
Stock markets would be driven by global trends and foreign investors' trading activity in the holiday-shortened week, analysts said adding that key equity indices may face volatile trends amid the monthly derivatives expiry on Thursday. This week markets will have just three trading sessions. Equity markets will remain closed on Monday for Holi and on Friday for Good Friday. "This week will be shorter due to market closure on both Monday for Holi and Friday for Good Friday. As a result, trading volumes may be lower with limited market cues. However, volatility remains a possibility as we approach the March F&O expiry and the financial year-end," Santosh Meena, Head of Research at Swastika Investmart Ltd, said. Last week, the BSE benchmark climbed 188.51 points or 0.25 per cent, and the Nifty went up by 73.4 points or 0.33 per cent. "This week being a truncated week and the derivatives' monthly expiry, we might see some volatility while Nifty is likely to consolidate at higher ...
Stock market highlights on March 22: In the broader markets, too, positive sentiment lifted the BSE MidCap index 0.38 per cent and the BSE SmallCap index 1.06 per cent
The Nifty finished at 22,012, with a gain of 173 points, or 0.8 per cent
Stock market highlights on March 21: In the broader markets, the rebound was steeper with the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices closing 2.3 per cent and 2 per cent higher, respectively
Stock market highlights on March 20: In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices ended mixed. The former added 0.05 per cent, but the latter shed 0.14 per cent
The Sensex fell 736 points, or 1.01 per cent, to close at 72,012
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Stock market highlights on March 18: Choppiness continued in the broader markets, too, with the BSE MidCap and Smallcap indices settling flat after see-sawing between gains and losses
The Nifty midcap 100 rose 2 per cent, while the Nifty Smallcap 100 gained 3.5 per cent. Both indicies had plunged about 5 per cent each a day earlier in what was their worst performance in two years
Market wrap on March 14, 2024: Beaten down BSE PSU and CPSE indices surged up to 3 per cent led by gains in rail stocks; Adani Group shares surged up to 11%
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