Indian Stock Market Surges Past 26,000 Mark Amid Global Cues and Rate Cut Hopes

The Indian stock market witnessed a significant surge, with the Nifty 50 surpassing the 26,000 mark, driven by supportive global cues and broad-based buying. The market outperformance was led by key sectors such as metal, PSU Bank, oil & gas, and realty, which gained 1-2% each. Notably, the indices have now gained in seven out of the last eight trading sessions, indicating an upward trend.

Key Takeaways:

• The Nifty 50 surged past the 26,000 mark, with the Sensex closing at 84,778.84, a gain of 566.96 points or 0.67%.
• Among Sensex firms, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Industries, Eternal, State Bank of India, Tata Steel, and HDFC Bank were the major gainers.
• The BSE Midcap index added 0.7% and the smallcap index rose by 0.5%.
• Grasim gained 3.22%, SBI Life jumped 3.16%, and Bharti Airtel, SBI, and RIL rose over 2% each.
• More than 180 stocks touched their 52-week high on the BSE, including eClerx Services, HBL Engineering, SBI Life Insurance, and CreditAccess Grameen.
• Metal and realty shares gained after a softer-than-expected US inflation print boosted expectations of a rate cut by the US Federal Reserve.

Statistics:

• The Sensex gained 720.2 points or 0.85% to 84,932.08 during the day.
• The Nifty PSU Bank surged the most at 2.22% while the Private Bank index added 1.46%.
• 33 stocks surged, with Grasim leading the gains at 3.22%.
• 11 Nifty stocks closed in the red, with Kotak Mahindra Bank declining the most at 1.72%.
• 180+ stocks touched their 52-week high on the BSE.

Sources:

• United News of India
• HT Digital Content Services
• Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from United News of India.