Indian market closes higher for fourth consecutive day as S&P BSE Sensex rises over 800 points and Nifty50 closes just below 21,900 levels. Buying seen in IT, realty, oil & gas, and public sector, while selling seen in healthcare, utilities, and auto stocks. Stocks in focus include IRFC, Macrotech Developers, and Firstsource Solutions, which hit fresh highs and saw volume or price breakouts.
The 30-share Sensex climbed 63 points to settle at 71,721 and the Nifty gained 28 points to 21,647. Sectorally, oil and gas, consumer durables, auto, and PSU banks were top gainers.
Sectorally, buying was seen in consumer durables, infrastructure, healthcare, IT and metal stocks while public sector, oil & gas, FMCG and utilities saw some selling pressure.
​Sectorally, buying was seen in IT, capital goods, telecom, and realty, while selling was seen in healthcare, consumer durables, metal, and utilities. Stocks that were in focus include names like Alok Industries which was up nearly 20%, Sun Pharma, which rose more than 9% to hit a fresh high, and Endurance Technologies, which closed with gains of nearly 10% to hit a fresh all-time high on Friday.
Sectorally, buying was seen in realty, IT, metal, auto, and healthcare stocks, while selling pressure was seen in the banking space. Stocks that were in focus include names like AstraZeneca Pharma, which rose more than 13% to hit a fresh high, Caplin Point, which gained more than 8%, and JB Chemicals, which closed with gains of over 9% to hit a fresh record high.