After opening lower, domestic equities jumped higher by the afternoon session, and ended in positive on Wednesday, led by gains in metal stocks. BSE benchmark Sensex gained 149.31 points, or 0.23 per cent to end higher at 65,995.81, while broader NSE Nifty50 climbed 61.70 points, or 0.32 per cent to 19,632.55.
Broader markets outperformed key indices to end higher today, as Nifty Smallcap 50 gained 1.12 per cent, Nifty Microcap 250 jumped 1.13 per cent, Nifty Midcap Select gained 0.60 per cent, Nifty Smallcap 100 jumped 0.59 per cent and Nifty Midcap 50 climbed 0.49 per cent.
Sectorally, Nifty Media gained 2.10 per cent, followed by Nifty Metal climbing 2.03 per cent, Oil & Gas index gaining 1.01 per cent, while Nifty Consumer Durables jumped 0.83 per cent.
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Metal stocks were the top gainers today, as APL Apollo, Hindustan Copper led the rally.
Dr Reddy, JSW Steel, Hindalco, Tata Motors, M&M, ONGC, Coal India, Tata Steel, UPL, and Tata Consumers were the top gainers in the Nifty pack today.
While, Divis Lab, Apollo Hospitals, Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints, Hindustan Unilever, Bharti Airtel, Cipla, Power Grid, Axis Bank, TCS, and Bajaj Finserv were the top losing stocks in today’s session.