Market gains for 2nd straight session with sectoral indices rising 1% each

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Financials remain a major support to market; ICICI Bank, HDFC & HDFC Bank are among top gainers

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Apollo Hospitals, Cipla, Sun Pharma are top Nifty gainers followed by Eicher Motors & IndusInd Bank

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Nestle, Shree Cement, Grasim are top Nifty losers in a strong session

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Can Fin Homes continues its down move on CEO Girish Kousgi’s resignation

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Biocon rises in last hour of trade on positive development w.r.t biosimilars

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Crompton surges following OFS launch for Butterfly, stock is top midcap gainer

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TVS Motor, MCS, Lupin, Rain Industries, Bharat Forge, GSPL, Abbott other top midcap gainers

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Granules India, India Cements, Delta Corp, GMR Infra, PVR are top midcap losers

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Overall market breadth favoured the bulls, as 2,109 stocks rose &1,364 fell at the close on BSE

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