Market on Tuesday | Market extends gain; Nifty near 25,700, Sensex jumps 336 pts
The Indian equity indices ended higher in the volatile session and extended the winning run for the second straight session on November 11 with Nifty closing near 25,700 amid progress on the US shutdown bill and possible trade deal between India-US.
At close, the Sensex was up 335.97 points or 0.40 percent at 83,871.32, and the Nifty was up 120.6 points or 0.47 percent at 25,694.95.
Broader indices underperformed the main indices with BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended on flat note.
Interglobe Aviation, Bharat Electronics, Bajaj Auto, M&M and HCL Technologies were among top gainers on the Nifty, while losers were Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, ONGC, TMPV, Power Grid.
Among sectors, PSU Bank, healthcare down 0.3 each, while telecom index up 1.5%, IT index up 1%, oil & gas index up 0.7%, auto index up 1% and metal index up 0.6%.