Why Sensex surged over 2,300 points on Budget day? Explained in 10 points
Sensex surged over 2,000 points
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Indian stock markets surged today with Sensex surging over 2,300 points to 48,600 after the finance minister announced a slew of measures to revive the pandemic-hit economy. The NSE Nifty 50 surged 4.7% to 14,281. This marked the Nifty's best daily performance on a budget day since at least 1996, according to Refinitiv data.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a vehicle scrappage policy, recapitalisation of public-sector banks and divestment of some state-owned lenders, aiming to bolster an economy that plunged into its deepest recorded slump amid the virus outbreak.