Market on Monday | Nifty tests 26,000, Sensex gains 567 points
Bulls were back in action as the benchmark Nifty 50 index surpassed the 26,000 level during the session, helped by supportive global cues and broad-based buying on October 27, to take the index higher by 0.6 percent, recouping Friday’s losses.
At close, the Sensex was up 566.96 points or 0.67 percent at 84,778.84, and the Nifty was up 170.9 points or 0.66 percent at 25,966.05, while the BSE Midcap index added 0.7 percent and smallcap index rose by 0.5 percent.
SBI Life Insurance, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Industries, SBI, Eternal were among top gainers on Nifty 50, while losers included Bharat Electronics, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Infosys, Adani Ports and Bajaj Finance.
Except media and pharma, all other sectoral indices ended in the green with metal, PSU Bank, oil & gas, realty index up 1-2 percent.