Stock Market Closing Update: Sensex, Nifty Close Higher; Healthcare, Realty, And Metal Contribute to Gains

Indian equities ended higher on Tuesday following a positive handover from global indices. At market close, the benchmark index Sensex closed 0.42% higher at 65,930.77, and the Nifty was up 0.45% at 19,783.40 points.
Among sectors, Healthcare, realty, and metal were up 1% each, while oil & gas and capital goods slumped 0.5% each.

BSE Sensex gained 256 points or 0.39% to 65,911 and NSE Nifty soared by 85 points or 0.44% to 19,779 at 11: 18 am on Tuesday as IT stocks extended gains amid global stock rally on prospects that US interest rates have peaked. Nifty Bank gained 141 points to 43,726 and Nifty Midcap jumped 21 points to 41,877 at 11:21 am today.

The top gainers from the pack of Sensex include JSW Steel, Titan Company, Reliance, HDFC Bank, and Tata Steel. Meanwhile, shares of NTPC, Tech Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, and Power Grid Corp figured in the list of top laggards.

Broad-based buying was seen across indices with consumer durables, IT, auto, banking and realty stocks outperforming. Also, major steel stocks witnessed substantial upside. Oil and gas, and energy stocks recorded slight pullback.

Meanwhile, midcap and smallcap stocks rallied as well.

In the early trade, Gift Nifty was broadly flat, while Asian markets traded mixed despite Wall Street gaining overnight. Globally, investor participation is likely to be lower on account of Thanks Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. Also, traders will await for US existing home sales data and FOMC meeting minutes scheduled for tomorrow.

On Tuesday, Sensex and Nifty 50 ended in red owing to the weak global economy which has impacted foreign inflows and sentiments on a broader scale. Also, RBI's scrutiny in banking and NBFC has led to intense pressure on these stocks. Sensex finished at 65,655.15, lower by 139.58 points or 0.21%, while Nifty 50 ended at 19,694 down by 37.80 points or 0.19%.

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