Market on Tuesday | Sensex jumps 320 pts, Nifty near 25,200
Indian equity benchmark indices ended higher on January 27, recouping part of the losses from the previous session in a highly volatile trade led by metal, financial, IT and oil & gas stocks. Also, the market sentiment received a modest lift following India–European Union trade agreement.
At close, the Sensex was up 319.78 points or 0.39 percent at 81,857.48, and the Nifty was up 126.75 points or 0.51 percent at 25,175.40.
The broader indices performed inline the benchmarks, with Nifty midcap and smallcap indices rising 0.5% each.
Biggest Nifty gainers were Adani Enterprises, Axis Bank, JSW Steel, Adani Ports, Grasim Industries, while losers included M&M, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Asian Paints, Bajaj Finserv and Eternal.
Except auto, FMCG, media and consumer durables, all other sectoral indices ended in the green with metal up 3%.