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Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights, Friday, February 06, 2026: Indian benchmark indexes closed higher on Friday following a fairly flat session, as the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) maintained the repo rate at 5.25 percent.
At market close, the Sensex was up 266.47 points, or 0.32 percent, at 83,580.40, while the Nifty was up 50.90 points, or 0.20 percent, at 25,693.70. On a weekly basis (including Sunday’s budget session), the Nifty was up 1.47 percent, its highest since the week ended November 14 last year.
The RBI has boosted its GDP growth forecast for the first quarter of FY27 to 6.9 percent, and the second quarter (Q2FY27) to 7%. The central bank refrained from providing full-year GDP guidance ahead of the upcoming shift in the GDP series.
Meanwhile, the MPC increased its FY26 inflation projection from 2% to 2.1%. Analysts expect the RBI to take a “prolonged pause” as inflation and growth rise.
ITC, Kotak Bank, HUL, Bharti Airtel, Bajaj Finance and Bajaj Finserv were the top gainers, while TCS, TechM, Adani Ports, Eternal, and Asian Paints were the top losers.
Among the broader markets, the Nifty Midcap 100 and Smallcap 100 indices fell 0.02 percent and 0.27 percent, respectively.
Sectoral indices on the NSE were trading uneven, with the Nifty IT index falling the most, down 1.47 percent. The pharmaceutical, auto, metal, real estate, and media indices all ended lower. NIfty FMCG was the biggest gainer, up 2.2 percent.
Source: BS
