Market gains 2% in a week on continuous FII support, progress on COVID vaccine
In the month of December 2020, FIIs bought equities worth Rs 48,223.94 crore and DIIs sold equities worth of Rs 37,293.53 crore.
January 02, 2021 / 11:24 AM IST
Benchmark indices ended the last week of the year 2020 with a gain of 2 percent on the back of positive cues including sustained FII inflows, progress on Covid vaccine, better GST collection, December auto sales numbers and a consistent declining Covid cases.
Last week, BSE Sensex jumped 895.44 points or 1.90 percent to end at 47,868.98 and while the Nifty50 was up 269.25 points or 1.95 percent to finish at 14,018.50 levels. IN the year 2020, the Sensex rose 15.7 percent, while Nifty added 14.9 percent.