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The key equity barometers traded with robust gains in early trade. Nifty opened at 24378 and hit a high of 24392 in first half hour of trade. Nifty Financial Services, Nifty Auto and Nifty Realty shares advanced, while Nifty Healthcare Index shares declined.
At 09:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, soared 1428.94 points or 1.85% to 78,730.34. The Nifty 50 index recorded robust gains of 380.75 points or 1.59% to 24,341.35.
The broader market lagged behind the frontline indices. The BSE 150 MidCap Index rose 1.41% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index advanced 1.34%.
The market breadth was favorable. On the BSE, 3372 shares gained and 655 shares retreated. A total of 192 shares were unchanged.
Nifty Financial Services index rose 2.35% to 26181. The index has moved higher by 3.75% in last one month and edged lower by 5.94% over last one year. Shriram Finance, advancing 6.38%, led the gainers followed by SBI Cards, strengthening 5.79% and Cholaman.Inv.&Fn, moving higher 5.78%, respectively. Out of 20 index constituents, 19 are reporting gains today.
Nifty Auto index gained 2.09% to 27058. The index has risen slightly by 4.26% in last one month and inched down 0.40% over last one year. Ashok Leyland, rising 7.56%, led the gainers followed by Tata Motors PVeh, inching higher 4.10% and Maruti Suzuki, edging up 3.26%, respectively. Out of 15 index constituents, 13 are reporting gains today.
Nifty Healthcare Index index moved lower by 0.17%. The index has inched higher by 4.81% in last one month and climbed 13.12% over last one year. Apollo Hospitals, easing 2.94%, led the losers followed by Lupin, down 2.68% and Krishna Institu., edging lower 2.05%, respectively. Out of 20 index constituents, 15 are reporting loss today.
In NIFTY500, Physicswallah is the top gainer today, spiking 9.18% to Rs 139.15. The counter has retreated 17.93% in last one year. It recorded an average volume quantity of 334385.50 in last five sessions compared to 717035.27 over last one month.
Asian markets recorded robust advances on Thursday. China’s Shanghai composite is marginally higher by 0.10%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is sharply higher by 2.93%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 is lower by 0.99%.
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