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Share Market Highlights: Investors give thumbs up to Budget, Sensex ends 2,314 points higher; Nifty at 14,281
Sensex, Nifty Highlights on Budget day, February 1: Almost all the sectors closed in green territory today, rising in the range of 3-6%, except for pharma index
BusinessToday.In | February 1, 2021 | Updated 16:10 IST
India Stock Market News Highlights Today on union Budget 2021: IndusInd Bank, ICICI Bank, SBI, HDFC Bank were among the top gainers today while HCL Tech, Dr Reddy, Tech Mahindra were among top losers
Sensex, Nifty Highlights on Union Budget 2021:In a historical move, benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed 5% higher on Monday, as market participants reacted positively to the announcements by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Union Budget 2021. BSE benchmark index S&P Sensex, ended 2,314 points higher at 48,600 and NSE Nifty 50 index gained 646 points to 14,281. This was once in a life time jump seen on Budget day, with Sensex and Nifty rising over 5% each. Almost all the sectors were trading in green territory today, rising in the range of 3-6%. Gains in banking, real estate and financial stocks, were capped by losses in IT and pharma stocks. Last Friday, S&P BSE Sensex, tumbled 588.59 points or 1.26% to 46,285.77. The Nifty 50 index lost 182.95 points or 1.32% to 13,634.60. With no major boost for industry, budget 2020 had failed to cheer the Dalal street as the market witnessed its biggest fall on February 1 since 2009. On last year's budget announcement, Sensex had crashed 2.43% and closed right below 40K, as investors lost around Rs 3.6 lakh crore of wealth on BSE.