Share Market Highlights: Sensex up 300 pts, Nifty closes above 17,600

Today’s Stock Market News | Sensex, Nifty, and Share Prices Highlights: Despite global market weakness, the domestic stock market indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 ended half a percent higher on Monday. The BSE Sensex finished 300 points or 0.5 percent higher at 59,141, while the NSE Nifty 50 index closed at 17,622, up 91 points or 0.5 percent. Among the top BSE Sensex gainers were M&M, Bajaj Finance, State Bank of India (SBI), Hindustan Unilever (HUL), Nestle India, Bajaj Finserv, and Reliance Industries. Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, Power Grid Corporation of India, NTPC, and Asian Paints were the top index losers. The India VIX, or volatility index, rose 0.6% to close at 19.94.

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