Stock market updates LIVE: Indian benchmarks got off to a good start Tuesday, following strong signals from their Asian peers.
The S&P BSE Sensex rose more than 650 points and held close to 49,200 levels. The index reached an intraday high of 49,237. The broader Nifty50 index exceeded 14,450. Bajaj Finance and Bajaj Finserv (both up 4%) were Sensex’s top winners. Additionally, Reliance Industries, HDFC and IndusInd Bank were also trading at more than 2% each.
Among other individual stocks, Mindtree shares gained 4 percent after the company’s consolidated net earnings increased 65.7 percent year-on-year (on-year) to Rs 326.5 crore in the December 2020 quarter.
The trend among the Nifty sector indices was positive, with the Nifty Realty Index, which rose 2.2%, topping the list of winners.
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