Sensex climbs to 60,649 points, Nifty crosses 17,900 mark
What's the story
On Thursday, the stock market had a bearish opening but the benchmark Sensex and Nifty indices witnessed a surge. The Sensex jumped 0.58% to 60,649.38 points while the Nifty climbed 0.57% to 17,915.05 points.
The midcap indices were trading in the green as the Nifty Midcap 50 gained 0.35% to close at 8,865.15 points.
Here are more details on the markets' performance on Thursday.
Roundup
Who were the biggest gainers and losers on Thursday?
As far as the top sector gainers are concerned, NIFTY REALTY, NIFTY IT, and NIFTY AUTO topped the list, edging up 1.5%, 1.06%, and 0.76%, respectively.
The biggest stock gainers were Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finance, and BPCL, which climbed 2.54%, 2.38%, and 1.91%, respectively.
HDFC Life, HUL, and Power Grid were trading among the top stock losers, shedding 2.59%, 1.67%, and 0.99%, respectively.
Data
Take a look at the global markets
In the Asian markets, Shanghai Composite Index, Hang Seng Index, and Nikkei climbed 0.66%, 0.42%, and 0.14% to settle at 3,285.88 points, 19,840.28 points, and 28,457.68 points, respectively. In the US, NASDAQ ended on a positive note, surging 55.19 points, or 0.47%, to 11,854.35 points.
Commodities
INR goes down 0.09% against the US Dollar
The Indian Rupee (INR) depreciated by 0.09% to end at Rs. 81.84 against the US Dollar in the forex trade on Thursday.
The prices of gold and silver futures witnessed a surge. While the former gained 0.47% to Rs. 60,175, the latter jumped 0.66% to Rs. 74,305.
Meanwhile, the crude oil future prices declined by $1.5, or 1.97%, to $74.68 per barrel.
Data
No changes in the fuel prices in Delhi and Mumbai
Fuel prices in Delhi remain the same on Thursday with diesel priced at Rs. 89.66/liter and petrol at Rs. 96.76/liter. Fuel prices in Mumbai also saw no change with diesel costing Rs. 94.25/liter and petrol priced at Rs. 106.29/liter.
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