Market Update: Nifty and Sensex Gain, All Sectors in Green

1 Apr 2024 , 01:39 PM

In today’s market, Nifty stood at 22,450 and Sensex around 74,000, with all sectors showing gains.

The Sensex rose by 369.84 points or 0.50% to reach 74,021.19, while the Nifty gained 133.80 points or 0.60%, reaching 22,460.70. Advancing shares numbered 2909, while 534 shares declined, and 104 remained unchanged.

Top gainers on the Nifty 50 included JSW Steel, Tata Steel, Shriram Finance, Adani Ports & SEZ, and Larsen & Toubro, while top drags were Titan, LTIMindtree, Eicher Motors, Bharti Airtel, and Nestle India.

On the Sensex, top gainers were JSW Steel, Tata Steel, Larsen & Toubro, NTPC, and UltraTech Cement, while top drags were Titan, Nestle India, Bharti Airtel, Tech Mahindra, and ITC.

The Nifty Media index surged 2%, with support from Dish TV, Zee Entertainment Enterprises, and Network 18 Media & Investments.

All sectoral indices showed gains, with capital goods, healthcare, metal, oil & gas, power, and realty rising by 1-4% each. BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices were up by 1-2%.

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) net bought shares worth ₹188.31 Crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) purchased ₹2,691.52 Crore worth of stocks on March 28, according to provisional data from the NSE.

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