Top gainers on the Nifty were Hindalco Industries, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Tata Steel, Power Grid Corporation and HCL Technologies, while losers included ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Asian Paints, Adani Ports and HDFC Life.
Indian benchmark indices broke two-day losing streak and erased some of the losses of previous sessions to end higher in volatile trading on January 24, amid buying across the sectors.
At close, the Sensex was up 689.76 points or 0.98 percent at 71,060, and the Nifty was up 215.15 points or 1.01 percent at 21,454.
After a firm start, market gyrated between gains and losses throughout the session, however, ended near day’s high amid last hour buying.
Stocks and sectors
Top gainers on the Nifty were Hindalco Industries, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Tata Steel, Power Grid Corporation and HCL Technologies, while losers included ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Asian Paints, Adani Ports and HDFC Life.
Among sectors, auto, Information Technology, capital goods, FMCG, metal, oil & gas and power up 1-2 percent.
BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices added nearly 2 percent each.