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On Friday, the benchmark indices opted to trade in a range-bound manner with Sensex trading within a range of 348 points and Nifty advancing 118 points during the trading session. 

The benchmark indices chose to end the week on a positive note for the second consecutive day. Replicating global trends and reacting to declining commodity prices, the domestic market opted to maintain a positive stance.  

At noon on Friday, the headline equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading marginally higher compared to the last trading session, owing to the positive cues from the Asian Pacific markets, as the fear of recession persists.  

On Tuesday around noon, the headline equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading flat as compared to the last trading session, owing to a rise in the crude oil price, as the European Union (EU) has finally decided to ban almost 90 per cent crude oil imports from Russia by the end of 2022.  

On Monday, the headline equity indices i.e. Sensex and Nifty ended higher by almost 2 per cent.

 Around noon on Tuesday, the core equity indices i.e., Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading marginally higher amidst mixed global cues.The Asia Pacific markets dipped as the US president announced tariff cuts on Chinese goods. 

On Tuesday, the headline equity indices i.e. Sensex and Nifty ended on a higher note by regaining their lost levels of Monday.  

The core equity indices, i.e., Sensex and Nifty ended on a higher note on Budget Day.  

Sensex went up by 848.40 points or 1.46 per cent. The top five gainers from the pack were Tata Steel, Sun Pharmaceuticals, IndusInd Bank, Larsen & Toubro, and UltraTech Cement. Meanwhile, on the flip side, the top losers included Mahindra & Mahindra, Power Grid Corporation of India, SBI, Bharti Airtel, and NTPC.