Friday, September 17, 2021
Today (17th Sept.2021) financial stocks, along with RIL, ITC, and Tata Steel, fired upon the bourses, lifting Indian benchmark indices to fresh all-time highs.
The BSE Sensex index hit a new pinnacle of 59,551 in early deals, up 400 points, while the Nifty50 claimed 17,747, up 118 points.
Bajaj Finance (up 2.7%), SBI, ITC, Bajaj Finserv, Bharti Airtel, Kotak Bank, Maruti Suzuki, and Titan were the top gainers on the 30-share pack. Sectorally, the Nifty PSU Bank index jumped 1%, followed by the Nifty Bank index (0.8%) and the Nifty Financial Services (0.7%).
Shares of Vodafone Idea continued their upward movement and were up 10 percent at Rs 12.37 on the BSE in the intra-day trade today. The stock has zoomed 39 percent in the past two trading days after the government announced a relief package for the telecom sector.
