Indian stock markets rallied over 1% on Thursday, with the Sensex surging 905 points, driven by strong buying in banking and FMCG stocks, along with easing crude oil prices.
The 30-share benchmark index ended at 74151.04 up by 905.01 points or by 1.24 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22936.75 up by 237.9 points or by 1.05 %.
Sensex touched intraday high of 74166.16 and intraday low of 73181.9 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22961.95 and intraday low of 22656.75
The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1850.00,+5.17%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 457.00,+3.86%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 260.40,+3.70%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 337.80,+3.46%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 940.70,+2.56%), among others.
The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Trent Ltd. (Rs. 2866.00,-1.44%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 11435.00,-1.00%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1770.50,-0.20%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 685.00,-0.13%), among others.
Realty index was at 6406.27 up by 152.39 points or by 2.44%. DLF Ltd. (Rs. 694.35,+3.79%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (Rs. 1655.00,+3.76%), Lodha Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1039.50,+2.92%), Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 1970.00,+2.85%), Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (Rs. 1432.80,+2.46%),.
Auto index was at 56490.5 down by -102.72 points or by -0.18%. Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (Rs. 5107.00,-3.64%), Exide Industries Ltd. (Rs. 344.60,-2.67%), Schaeffler India Ltd. (Rs. 3550.00,-2.32%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (Rs. 10371.00,-1.04%), UNO Minda Ltd. (Rs. 1084.70,-1.03%),.
The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4823 , shares advanced were 2767 while 1841 shares declined and 215 were unchanged.