At close, the Sensex was up 508.06 points or 1.06% at 48386.51, and the Nifty was up 143.60 points or 1.00% at 14485 due to medical support from across the globe, to help India douse the Covid-19 fire, along with the acceleration of the mass vaccination drive supported sentiment on Dalal Street. Axis Bank, Ultratech Cement, and ICICI Bank were the top-performing stocks on the BSE Sensex. HCL Technologies, Sun Pharma, HDFC Bank, and Maruti Suzuki India were the top losers. About 1841 shares have advanced, 1094 shares declined, and 216 shares are unchanged. Nifty Pharma was down 0.87 percent. On the contrary, the Nifty Realty index gained 3.4 percent on the NSE, followed by gains in The Nifty Metal index up 2 percent, Nifty Bank up 1.7 percent, and Nifty Financial Services up 1.3 percent..The S&P BSE MidCap index closed 0.6 percent higher while the BSE SmallCap index was up 0.8 percent.
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