The stock market closed on the green mark on Wednesday, the third trading day of the week. The domestic market continued to boom for the sixth consecutive days. Today, the Bombay Stock Exchange’s flagship index Sensex gained 0.84 percent to close at 34109.54, up 284.01 points. At the same time, the National Stock Exchange’s Nifty rose 0.83 percent to 82.45 points and closed at 10061.55. This was accelerated by positive domestic and global signals.
Traders said the huge inflow of foreign funds reinforced the market sentiment. According to provisional data of the stock market, foreign portfolio investors on Tuesday bought equity of Rs 7,498.29 crore in the capital market on a gross basis.
How the blue chip stocks fared
Talking about the big stocks, shares of M&M, Bajaj Finance, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Nestle India, ICICI Bank, SBI, ONGC, Tata Motors, HDFC Bank and Shree Cement closed on the green mark today. The shares of Zee Limited, NTPC, IndusInd Bank, Infratel, Wipro, Coal India, UPL, Bharti Airtel, Maruti and Infosys closed in the red mark.
Sectoral index tracking
If we look at the sectoral index, today, apart from IT and metal, all sectors closed on the green mark. These include FMCG, PSU Bank, Pharma, Auto, Bank, Media, Private Bank and Realty.
In early trade, the Sensex was up 1.57 per cent to open at 34356.88, up 531.35 points. Also, the Nifty also saw an increase. It opened at 10141.85, up 162.75 points with a gain of 1.63 per cent.
The market had closed on the green mark on the previous trading day
On the previous trading day, the Sensex gained 1.57 per cent to close at 522.01 points at 33825.53. At the same time, the Nifty was up 1.56 percent at 1579.10 points and closed at 9979.10.
