The benchmark indices continued to close higher for the second day of the week as Banks, FMCG and Metals shine in the trading session on Tuesday. Sensex in early trade crossed 38500 level.
At Market closing, Sensex closed higher by 224 points or 0.59% at 38,407. Nifty closed gaining 62 points or 0.55% at 11,332 and Nifty Banking index added 343 points or 1.47% to close at 22,243.
Highlights as of Market Closing:
- Markets on Tuesday saw early gains with Sensex hitting 38556 and Nifty index touched the day’s high of 11373.
- Banking, Metal and FMCG stocks contributed to upward run in the markets today.
- Nifty Bank continued to trade higher by 1% throughout the trading session also helping the market sentiment to rise.
- Zee Entertain, Axis Bank, JSW Steel and BPCL among the top gainers of Nifty at closing.
- Shree Cements, Titan, UPL and Cipla ended on the losers side of Nifty.
- Jindal Steel, Ambuja Cements, SRF among the top stocks that recorded new highs in the market today.
- IDFC Bank and Axis Bank surged nearly 7% and 4% respectively.
- Pharma Stocks and IT stocks underperformed today with all major stocks like Cipla, HCL Tech and Tech Mahindra ending red.
- As much as 917 shares advanced and 718 shares declined (NSE).
