MARKET UPDATE:BSE Sensex rose 294 points to touch 56,086.50 and Nifty hit 16,692-mark, up over 70 points


Published On: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 | By:

MARKET UPDATE:BSE Sensex rose  294 points to touch 56,086.50  and Nifty hit 16,692-mark, up over 70 points

Today (18th August 2021) the S&P BSE Sensex index rose as much as 294 points to touch 56,086.50 in the first few minutes of trade, and the broader NSE Nifty50 benchmark climbed to as high as 16,691.95, up 77 points from its previous close. HDFC Bank, Ultratech Cement, HDFC, Asian Paints, and Nestle India lifted the headline indices to new highs on Wednesday. The BSE Sensex index scaled a new all-time high of 56,086.5, up 250 points or 0.5 percent. The Nifty50, on the other hand, hit the 16,692-mark, up over 70 points or 0.4 percent. In the broader markets, both, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices were up 0.3 percent each.

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