Top gainers on the Nifty were Grasim Industries, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Auto, ICICI Bank and Cipla, while losers were Coal India, SBI Life Insurance, L&T, Wipro and HDFC Life
Session:
On February 19, the market closed close to the day’s peak as it continued its upward trend for the fifth straight session. Nifty reached a new all-time intraday high of 22,186.65.
The market opened higher despite erratic global cues, fluctuating between gains and losses in the early going. It did, however, close close to the day’s high levels thanks to purchasing in the majority of sectoral indexes and heavyweights.
The Nifty was up 81.60 points, or 0.37 percent, at 22,122.30 at the closing, while the Sensex was up 281.52 points, or 0.39 percent, at 72,708.16.
Markets and industries:
Grasim Industries, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Auto, ICICI Bank, and Cipla were the top Nifty gainers, while Coal India, SBI Life Insurance, L&T, Wipro, and HDFC Life were the top losers.
Sector-wise, auto, bank, FMCG, healthcare, oil & gas, and real estate had gains of 0.3 to 1%, while capital goods, IT, metal, and real estate concluded the year in the red.
The Smallcap index increased by 0.7 percent and the BSE Midcap index by 0.3 percent.
A volume spike of 300 percent was observed in Biocon, Dixon Technologies, and SAIL among individual stocks.
Top gainers and losers in closing trade
Whereas Coal India, HDFC Asset Management Company, and Lupin experienced a brief build-up, Dixon Technologies, GMR Airports Infrastructure, and Multi Commodity Exchange of India experienced a lengthy build-up.
ACC, Aegis Logistics, Alkem Laboratories, BF Utilities, Castrol India, Container Corporation, CRISIL, Cummins India, Federal Bank, Hi-Tech Pipes, Indian Hotels, JBM Auto, KIOCL, MphasiS, MRPL, Novartis India, Paisalo Digital, Persistent Systms, Quess Corp, Rain Industries, Sonata Software, Supreme Petro, and Wockhardt are just a few of the nearly 400 stocks that reached their 52-week high on the BSE.
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