Market at close: Sensex and Nifty rise close to 1%, Midcap regains 4-day losses

By Vivek Dubey

CNBC-TV18.com

Published Mar 21, 2024

gain a market cap of ₹5 lakh crore on Thursday.

BSE-listed companies 

regains losses of the last 4 sessions.

he Midcap Index snaps a 4-day losing streak,

against a gain of 1% for Sensex and Nifty.

The Midcap Index rises more than 2%,

Nifty up 173 points to 22,012.

Sensex rises 540 points to 72,641,

Midcap Index up 1,114 points to 47,034.

Nifty Bank gains 374 points to 46,685,

 with Nifty PSE gaining 4% and CPSE 3%.

Buying in PSUs returns

17 hit record highs.

164 stocks on NSE hit the upper circuit,

all components of the PSE Index close higher.

Except for ONGC,

are the top PSU gainers.

PFC, REC, Nalco, BHEL and BEL

all 3 stocks up 4%.

OMCs move higher,

Shares of BSE surge 10% on a positive brokerage note.

The NSE advance-decline ratio stands at 5:1.