Share, Stock Market Today – Stock Market and Share Market Updates: Sensex rises 105 points, Nifty ends at 17,833

The S&P BSE Sensex rose 104.92 points (0.18 per cent) to end at 59,793.14 and the Nifty 50 inched 34.60 points (0.19 per cent) higher to settle at 17,833.35. Both the indices had opened around 0.5 per cent higher earlier in the day and traded higher throughout the session with the Sensex touching an intraday high of 60,119.80 and the broader Nifty reaching 17,925.95.

On the Sensex pack, Tech Mahindra, IndusInd Bank, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Maruti Suzuki India, State Bank of India (SBI), Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Wipro were the top gainers on Friday. In contrast, UltraTech Cement, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv and Titan Company were the top laggards.

Among the sectoral indices, the Nifty IT index rallied 2.21 per cent, Nifty Auto and Nifty Bank rose 0.52 per cent and 0.51 per cent respectively.

In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap ended at 25,937.22, up 41.99 points (0.16 per cent) and the S&P BSE SmallCap settled at 29,528.74, up 54.11 points (0.18 per cent).

Global Market (from AP)

Global stock benchmarks rose Friday, as comments from the US Federal Reserve chairman assured markets that interest rate increases will likely be within expectations.

France’s CAC 40 added 0.7 per cent in early trading to 6,168.33, while Germany’s DAX gained 0.9 per cent to 13,014.33. Britain’s FTSE 100 rose nearly 1.1 per cent to 7,338.96. US shares were set to move higher with Dow futures up 0.4 per cent at 31,902.00. S&P 500 futures rose 0.5 per cent to 4.025.50. Oil price rose.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.5 per cent to finish at 28,214.75. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.7 per cent to 6,894.20. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng jumped 2.8 per cent to 19,389.03, while the Shanghai Composite added 0.8 per cent to 3.262.05. Trading was closed in South Korea for a holiday.