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Category : Market
Headline : Indices shrug-off Israel-Iran woes; Sensex surges 538 pts
Date: 19/04/2024 14:39
Equity markets recouped losses in the afternoon session on Friday, after Iran said it has no plans to counter retaliate against Israel, at least for now.

At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 73027.61 up by 538.62 points or by 0.74 % and then NSE Nifty was at 22138.35 up by 142.5 points or by 0.65 %.

Sensex touched intraday high of 73162.74 and intraday low of 71816.46 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 22178.5 and intraday low of 21777.65

The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bajaj Finance Ltd. (Rs. 7134.45,+3.56%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (Rs. 12680.00,+2.29%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 2069.70,+2.25%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (Rs. 1628.00,+2.12%), HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1525.05,+2.04%), among others.

The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1444.95,-1.55%), Tata Motors Ltd. (Rs. 961.70,-1.00%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 3523.55,-0.77%), Nestle India Ltd. (Rs. 2444.05,-0.76%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 3844.05,-0.50%), among others.

Bankex index was at 53613.11 up by 434.77 points or by 0.82%. HDFC Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1525.05,+2.04%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1486.80,+0.87%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1063.15,+0.73%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1797.55,+0.62%), State Bank of India (Rs. 747.95,+0.42%),. Realty index was at 7274.18 down by -62.4 points or by -0.85%. Phoenix Mills Ltd. (Rs. 3050.00,-3.40%), Sobha Ltd. (Rs. 1585.55,-1.65%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (Rs. 2514.20,-0.94%), Macrotech Developers Ltd. (Rs. 1170.90,-0.91%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (Rs. 1029.45,-0.55%),.

The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4091 , shares advanced were 1854 while 2081 shares declined and 156 were unchanged.