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Sensex, Nifty register best weekly performance in over 2 months

The Nifty 50 index closed with a 0.47 percent gain at 19,819.95, while the S&P BSE Sensex increased by 0.5 percent to reach 66,599 points.

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Positve Q1 results momentum have actually offered an increase to benchmark indices. (PhotoReuters)

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  • Criteria indices struck a 6-week high, led by energy stocks
  • Awesome 50 and Sensex published finest weekly gains considering that June
  • Energy and public sector stocks were leading gainers

Criteria stock exchange indices reached a six-week high up on Friday, mainly driven by rises in energy stocks, marking their most excellent weekly efficiency in over 2 months.

The Nifty 50 index closed with a 0.47 percent gain at 19,819.95, while the S&P BSE Sensex increased by 0.5 percent to reach 66,599 points.

These benchmark indices attained their 2nd successive week of gains, registering their finest efficiency because the week ending June 30, with each index getting almost 2 percent.

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Both the blue-chip Nifty 50 and Sensex indexes rebounded by around 3 percent from their near two-month lows reached in late August, following reports of India’s first-quarter GDP development at 7.8 percent, the fastest rate in a year.

Little and mid-cap stocks continued to exceed the benchmark indexes, with gains of 0.6 per cent and 1 per cent, respectively. Year-to-date, they have actually increased by 32 percent and 30 percent, surpassing the 9 percent gains in blue-chip indexes.

The leading gainers consisted of energy business and public sector business, which increased by 1.4 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively.

For the week, these indexes taped gains of 3.4 percent and 4.5 percent, driven by a rise in power stocks due to increased power need in the nation.

Coal India had a standout week, with a 19 percent dive.

Banking stocks likewise saw a boost following the statement by the nation’s reserve bank that it would terminate the upkeep of the incremental money reserve ratio (I-CRR) by October 7.

Train group stocks rose by 7-9 per cent, following reports of prospective offer talks with Saudi Arabia and the United States.

With inputs from Reuters
Modified By
Koustav Das
Released On
Sep 8, 2023