Today's(26th April 2021) rally across the financial sector is mainly driven by a healthy management commentary by ICICI Bank, post its March quarter results announcement. Add to it, positive investment sentiment in the global markets helped the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 indices vault over 1 percent.
That apart, 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.
Among the key headline indices, the 30-share index jumped 508 points to end the day at 48,386.5 levels. The index had started gap-up and had extended gains to hit a high of 48,668 in the intra-day deals.
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