Closing Bell: Sensex Up 376 Points, Nifty Above 24,930; FMCG, Banks Shares Gain

Sensex ended the day with the gain of 376 points to 81,559 and Nifty 50 surged 84 points to 24,936 on September 9, 2024. Nifty Bank surged 540 points to 51,117 and Nifty Midcap slipped 154 points to 58,347. Sarveshwar Foods Ltd shares today hit 10% upper circuit after the company initiated strategic partnership with NBFCs to enhance financial support to its associated farmers. Current market price of Sarveshwar Foods shares on BSE is Rs 10.64 per share with gain of 9.92% in trade today. The top gainers of trade today include ITC, HUL, and ICICI Bank. Banks and FMCG sector shares witnessed rally today.

Earlier, Indian stock market opened on a bearish note with Sensex slipping below the 81,000 mark, and Nifty 50 falling under 24,800 levels. Broad-based selloff across sectoral indices along with weak global market and lack of domestic triggers, has led to the downtrend in Sensex and Nifty.

Sensex and Nifty touched an intraday low of 80,895.05 and 24,753.15 respectively at the opening bell.

Nifty Midcap and Nifty Smallcap dipped between 1-1.5%. While India's volatility index was broadly flat. Bank Nifty dipped by slipped by nearly 105 points. Except for FMCG, all sectoral indices were in red with oil and gas stocks, PSU Bank, Metal, Media, and Auto stocks underperforming the most.

Also, much awaited IPO of Bajaj Housing Finance will open today. The issue size is of Rs 6,560 crore.

Investors were particularly cautious as fears of further rate cuts by the Federal Reserve (Fed) loomed large over the market.

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