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On Tuesday, the Sensex increased by 562.75 points to close at 60,665.32, while the Nifty 50 gained 160.50 points to close at 18,055.35

Among the Nifty gainers were Hindalco, Sun Pharma, BPCL, Ultra Tech Cement and HDFC Bank while Bharti Airtel, Cipla, Divis Labs, Apollo Hospital and HUL were among the top losers.  

Nifty and Sensex managed to put up minor gains ahead of Diwali weekend. The benchmark index closed at 17,576 while Sensex gained 100 points.

At 11.30 am on Monday, the headline equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 tanked 1.50 per cent each, eroding all the gains of the past two weeks.  

At 11.30 am on Thursday, the headline equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading flat, owing to weak global cues.    

The shares in Asia Pacific markets are trading lower after Wall Street ended its five-day winning rally as Federal Reserve again warned that it will monitor the inflation data and market conditions closely in order to decide the next pace of tightening despite the cooling of inflation levels in the month of July.