Sensex and Nifty Close in Green on October 14, 2024

14 Oct 2024 , 04:58 PM

The stock market saw a bullish momentum on October 14, with Nifty crossing the 25,150 mark during intraday trading, supported by broad-based buying across sectors except for metal and media.

Sensex closed 591.69 points higher, gaining 0.73%, to settle at 81,973.05, while Nifty climbed 163.70 points, or 0.66%, to end at 25,128.

Strong global cues helped the Indian markets open higher and maintain upward momentum throughout the day, led by gains in Information Technology, realty, and banking stocks.

Top gainers on Nifty included Wipro, Tech Mahindra, HDFC Life, L&T, and HDFC Bank, while ONGC, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finance, and Adani Enterprises were among the major laggards.

Sectoral indices showed positive performance, with IT, banking, and realty sectors rising by 1% each, while the metal and media sectors ended in the red. The BSE midcap index rose by 0.3%, while the smallcap index remained flat.

Over 240 stocks hit their 52-week high on the BSE, including Aptus Value, Oberoi Realty, Tech Mahindra, Persistent Systems, Motilal Oswal, NALCO, MCX India, Glenmark Pharma, Ipca Labs, Divis Labs, HCL Technologies, Coforge, Dixon Technologies, and Trent.