Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty recorded their biggest single-day gains in absolute terms on Monday, skyrocketing nearly 4 per cent, after India and Pakistan reached an understanding to stop military actions and US and China announced a deal to lower tariffs significantly.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 82429.9 up by 2975.43 points or by 3.74 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24924.7 up by 916.7 points or by 3.82 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 82495.97 and intraday low of 80651.07 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24944.8 and intraday low of 24378.85
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Infosys Ltd. (Rs. 1626.70,+7.91%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1669.65,+6.35%), Tata Steel Ltd. (Rs. 151.55,+6.16%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 239.85,+5.68%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1573.00,+5.36%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 788.65,-3.57%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1686.25,-3.36%), among others.
IT index was at 37527.22 up by 2373.53 points or by 6.75%. Datamatics Global Services Ltd. (Rs. 640.05,+14.14%), Dynacons Systems & Solutions Ltd. (Rs. 1117.80,+11.25%), Magellanic Cloud Ltd. (Rs. 73.14,+10.23%), BLS E-Services Ltd. (Rs. 150.90,+9.51%), Black Box Ltd. (Rs. 422.90,+9.43%),.
HCS index was at 41599.29 down by 376.69 points or by 0.91%. Eris Lifesciences Ltd. (Rs. 1402.05,-3.76%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1686.25,-3.36%), Ajanta Pharma Ltd. (Rs. 2482.20,-2.28%), Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Rs. 883.95,-1.97%), Poly Medicure Ltd. (Rs. 2484.85,-1.78%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4471 , shares advanced were 3624 while 694 shares declined and 153 were unchanged.