The Indian benchmark indices had a positive start today after four days of muted action and rallied up to 0.6 percent. The BSE Sensex crossed the 58,000 mark and was at 58,131, up over 300 points, while the NSE Nifty was up nearly 100 points at 17,300.
The broader markets were also in the green. The BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices were 0.7and 0.9 percent higher, respectively.
Among the Sensex-30 shares, Titan, Kotak Bank, Axis Bank, Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, Ultratech Cement, Reliance, Bharti Airtel, M&M, ITC, HUL, were among the major gainers, up 0.6-2 percent. On the Nifty, Hindalco (up 3.5 percent), Tata Motors( up 1.8 percent), and Grasim( up 1.4 percent) were the additional gainers.
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