Mumbai: NSE benchmark Nifty finished at a
record high today following sustained buying in media, infra,
private bank, auto, realty and pharma sectors amid bullish
global cues.
Global markets rose after the US stock indices closed at
all-time highs yesterday, while the Dow topped the 25,000-mark
for the first time.
The NSE Nifty opened higher at 10,534.25 and moved in a
range of 10,566.10 -- its record high intra-day high -- to
10,520.10 before ending at 10,558.85, up 54.05 points, or 0.51
per cent.
It saw an intra-day movement of about 46.00 points.
On the sectoral front, media rose 1.45 per cent, private
bank 0.95 per cent, infra 0.94 per cent, FMCG 0.84 per cent,
auto 0.73 per cent, realty 0.73 per cent, pharma 0.70 per
cent, bank 0.55 per cent, metal 0.45 per cent, finance service
0.43 per cent and IT 0.37 per cent.
However, auto and realty fell 0.20 per cent and 0.19 per
cent, respectively.
Major index gainers were Yes Bank, Bajaj Finance, Adani
Ports, IndusInd Bank, Bharti Airtel, Lupin, and Dr Reddy's.
Losers included Bharti InfraTel, Hindalco, UPL, HPCL,
IOC, ONGC, Cipla, BPCL, Wipro and ICICI Bank.
The market breadth, indicating its overall health, was in
favour of gainers. On the NSE, 1,053 stocks rose, 757 fell and
40 remained unchanged.
Total securities that hit their price bands were 224.
Turnover in the cash segment rose to Rs 38,342.91 crore
from Rs 36,892.63 crore as on Thursday.
A total of 26,761.64 lakh shares changed hands in
12,791,399 trades. The market capitalisation of listed firms
on the NSE stood at Rs 1,51,70,915.24 crore. PTI
