Finance
Today the equity markets climbed over 1 %t , the day of April F&O expiry, as investors indulged in short covering.
The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex 702 points higher at 57,521 level, while the Nifty50 settled at 17,245, up 207 points amid broad-based buying.
This was, however, lower than their intra-day highs of 57,791 and 17,322, respectively.
26 of the 30 Sensex constituents and 45 of the 50 Nifty constituents ended the day in the green led by HUL, HDFC Life, SBI Life, Asian Paints, UPL, PowerGrid, L&T, NTPC, SBI, and Infosys.
In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap index added 0.86 per cent while the BSE Smallcap index edged only 0.19 pee cent higher.
Source:BS
