Sensex climbs over 300 points, Nifty settles above 19,760 mark
What's the story
On Thursday, the benchmark Sensex and Nifty indices saw gains. While the Sensex rose 0.47% to 65,982.48 points, the Nifty jumped 0.46% to 19,765.2 points.
The broader market largely traded flat but the midcap stocks were in a bullish mode as the Nifty Midcap 50 gained 100.4 points to close at 11,875.35 points.
Read on for more details on Thursday's market report.
Round-up
Who were the biggest gainers and losers?
On Thursday, NIFTY IT, NIFTY REALTY, and NIFTY PHARMA emerged as the top-performing sectors, rising 2.62%, 0.91%, and 0.86%, respectively.
Hero MotoCorp, Tech Mahindra, and TCS emerged as the top-gaining stocks, edging up 3.22%, 2.85%, and 2.75%, respectively.
Among the biggest stock losers were Axis Bank, Power Grid Corporation, and Coal India, which plunged 1.44%, 1.4%, and 1.37%, respectively.
Data
Take a glance at the global markets
In Asian markets, the Shanghai Composite Index and the Nikkei plunged 0.72% and 0.29% to 3,050.93 points and 33,424.41 points, respectively. Meanwhile, in the US market, NASDAQ ended on a strong, positive note, surging 18.03 points, or 0.13%, to 14,112.41 points.
Commodities
INR dropped 0.1% against the US Dollar
The Indian Rupee (INR) slipped 0.1% to settle at Rs. 83.23 against the US Dollar in the forex trade on Thursday.
Both gold and silver futures witnessed a rise. The price of gold futures rose 0.28% to Rs. 60,278, while that of silver futures climbed 0.66% to Rs. 72,847.
The crude oil futures slipped 0.89% to $76.5 per barrel.
Data
Here are fuel prices in Delhi and Mumbai on Thursday
Fuel prices in Delhi remained unchanged on Thursday, with diesel priced at Rs. 89.66/liter and petrol at Rs. 96.76/liter. In Mumbai, diesel costs Rs. 94.25 per liter and petrol is priced at Rs. 106.29 per liter.
Crypto
How have the popular cryptocurrencies fared today?
Bitcoin is currently trading at $37,381.83, which is up by 4.33% from yesterday.
Ethereum, the second most popular token, is up by 2.88% and is selling at $2,045.02.
BNB and Cardano are trading at $252.08 (2.79% up) and $0.397 (9.33% up), respectively.
Up by 8.47% from yesterday, Dogecoin is trading at $0.07985.