Share market today: The two key equity benchmarks, Sensex and Nifty, on Friday closed in the green for the second consecutive day. The S&P BSE Sensex closed 253 points higher at 73,917. On the other hand, the NSE Nifty50 settled at 22,466, rising 62 points.
Stock update
On the 30-share Sensex platform, M&M became the top gainer, up 6 per cent, followed by JSW Steel, UltraCemco, Kotak Bank, ITC, NTPC. On the downside, TCS, HCLTech, HUL, Nestle, Bajaj Finserv, Wipro were among the losers.
In broader markets, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended over 1 per cent higher each.
Sectoral update
Sectorwise, Nifty Auto jumped 1.6 per cent, followed by the Nifty Realty index rising 1.4 per cent. On the other hand, Nifty IT index dropped 0.8 per cent.
In the previous session on Thursday, the BSE benchmark jumped 677 points to settle at 73,664, on the other hand, the NSE Nifty50 gained 203 points to close at22,404.