Source: IANS

Indian frontline indices closed at an all-time high today with heavyweights like M&M, SBI, Bharti Airtel, and Kotak Mahindra Bank top gainers in the BSE’s benchmark. 

At closing, Sensex was up 384 points, or 0.45%, at 84,928 and Nifty was up 148 points, or 0.57%, at 25,939.

Large buying was seen in the midcap and smallcap stock compared to largecap.

The Nifty Midcap 100 index closed at 60,712, up 503 points, or 0.84%, and the Nifty Smallcap 100 index closed at 19,548, up 216 points or 1.12%.

Among the sectoral indices, Auto, PSU Bank, fin services, pharma, FMCG, metal, realty, energy and infra were major gainers. Only the IT index closed in the red.

In the Sensex pack, M&M, SBI, Bharti Airtel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, HUL, UltraTech Cement, Tata Steel, HDFC Bank, NTPC, and Nestle were the top gainers. ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Asian Paints, Tech Mahindra, Wipro, HCL Tech, Infosys, TCS, L&T, Sun Pharma, and Power Grid were the top losers.

On the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), 2,385 shares closed in the green, 1,728 shares in the red, and 120 shares closed without any change. At the end of the trading session, the market cap of BSE had increased to ₹476 lakh crore.

As per provisional figures, Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)/Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) bought shares worth a net ₹14,064.05 crore and domestic institutional investors sold shares worth a net ₹4,427.08 crore on 20th September 2024.

(This story was taken from a syndicated feed, and edited only for style by Gujarat Samachar Digital staff)

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