Sensex, Nifty gain; Axis Bank jumps 4.02 per cent, Mahindra & Mahindra soars 3.57 per cent

Sensex closed Tuesday’s session in the green, up by 445.87 points or 1.01 per cent from Monday’s close to end the session at 44,523.02 levels while Nifty was up by 128.70 points or 1 per cent at 13,055.15 levels.

In today’s trading session, Banking and Finance stocks emerged as the major gainers.

In the global markets, Asian indices such as Nikkei index, KOSPI, and Hang Seng rose by 2.50 per cent, 0.39 per cent, and 0.58 per cent, respectively while Shanghai index was down by 0.34 per cent. European indices such as DAX, FTSE 100, and CAC 40 were seen trading in positive, up by 0.94 per cent, 0.89 per cent and 1.26 per cent, respectively.

The top Sensex gainers included Axis Bank that went up by 4.02 per cent, Mahindra & Mahindra gained by 3.47 per cent, HDFC Bank zoomed by 3.14 per cent, ITC strengthened by 2.44 per cent while State Bank of India rose by 2.16 per cent.

Top Sensex losers consisted of HDFC that went down by 1.47 per cent, Titan Company slipped 1.36 per cent, Nestle India fell by 0.63 per cent, Bharti Airtel tumbled 0.61 per cent and ONGC declined by 0.59 per cent.

In the broader markets, BSE Small-Cap index and BSE Mid-Cap index increased by 0.89 per cent and 0.58 per cent, respectively.

Amongst sectoral indices, BSE Bankex and Finance Index were the best performing sectoral indices, gaining by 2.37 per cent and 1.43 per cent, respectively. BSE Auto went up by 1.84 per cent, BSE Realty and BSE Metal gained by 1.78 per cent and 1.37 per cent, respectively.

Indices such as power, FMCG, healthcare, and IT rose by 0.68 per cent, 1 per cent, 1.04 per cent and 0.12 per cent, respectively.

Meanwhile, the telecom index was the only loser today, which fell by 0.23 per cent.