Indian equity market, on August 17, closed higher for the 7th straight day, longest gaining streak since January 2021

Sensex & Nifty50 were at fresh 4-month closing highs

Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv along with HDFC Life & Hero Moto were the top Nifty gainers

Shares of Bharti Airtel surged following upfront payment for 5G auction spectrum

Apollo Hospitals continued to fall, closing as top Nifty loser

M&M & Tata Motors saw some profit booking

City gas companies slipped as MGL announced price cut for CNG & PNG

Shares of PVR slipped on lower-than-expected response to recent movie releases

Singer India rose 37% in last two sessions as Rare Enterprises picked up over 7% stake

Market breadth favoured advances, advance-decline ratio at 3:2