It was a historic day for Indian equity indices on Friday as Sensex, Nifty, and Nifty Bank closed at an all-time high.
At closing, Sensex was up 1,359 points, or 1.63 per cent, at 84,544 and Nifty was up 375 points, or 1.48 per cent, at 25,790. Nifty Bank was up 755 points, or 1.42 per cent, at 53,793.
Intraday, all three benchmark indices made a new all-time high of 84,694, 25,849 and 54,066 respectively.
Buying was also seen in the midcap and smallcap stocks.
The Nifty mid...
Sensex closes at all-time high, Nifty near 25,800
Indian frontline equity indices closed in green on Thursday, buoyed by the US Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates by 50 basis points, exceeding market expectations.
At closing, Sensex was up 236 points, or 0.29 per cent, at 83,184 and Nifty was up 38 points, or 0.15 per cent, at 24,415.
Selling was seen in the midcap and smallcap stocks. Nifty midcap 100 index was down 400 points, or 0.67 per cent, at 59,351 and Nifty smallcap 100 index was down 244 points, ...
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