Finance
Today’s Stock Market News | Sensex, Nifty, and Share Prices Highlights: Indian equity benchmark indexes The Nifty and Sensex reached all-time highs and closed at all-time highs. The Nifty 50 crossed 19,200 but concluded at 19,189.05, while the Sensex closed at 64,718.56, up 800 points. The Bank Nifty rose 0.93% to 44,738.25, with HDFC Bank leading the way. The broader markets rose in trade, with the Nifty 100 and Nifty 200 each gaining more than 1%. The Nifty Smallcap 100 gained 0.65% and the Nifty Midcap 100 gained 0.47%, respectively. Overall, Nifty Auto and Nifty IT gained more than 2% each, outperforming the Nifty 50 index.
Asian markets
Shares in the Asia-Pacific region were trading in the mixed on Friday. China’s Shanghai Composite gained 0.4% in trade, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.58%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index gained 0.49% while South Korea’s Kospi was higher by 0.32%. The Taiwan Weighted index recorded a loss of 0.64%.
Wall Street Overnight
S&P 500 gained 0.46%, the Nasdaq Composite settled flat, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.79%. The Dow and the S&P 500 rose on Thursday as bank shares rallied after major lenders cleared the Federal Reserve’s annual stress test, while strong economic data stoked expectations of further interest rate hikes from the central bank
Nifty, Sensex touch record highs
NSE Nifty and BSE Sensex touched record highs on Wednesday driven by strong institutional inflows, positive global cues and cheery market sentiment. After touching highs of 19,014.2, Nifty 50 settled at 18,972.10. Sensex surpassed the 64,000 mark at 64,050.44 before trimming some gains to close at 63,915.42.
Source:FE
