

Market Wrap: Banks, energy stocks lift D-Street higher; Sensex adds 609 pts, Nifty tops 22,500
energy stocks rallying on lower crude prices. Market sentiment also improved following U.S. President Donald Trump's temporary tariff reprieve on auto imports from Mexico and Canada.
The benchmark BSE Sensex added 609.86 points or 0.83% to close at 74,340.09, while the broader Nifty 50 index closed at 22,544.70, higher by 207.40 points or 0.93%.
Sector Watch
Reliance Industries, the second-heaviest stock on the benchmark indexes, gained 3% after positive commentary from multiple brokerages. Jefferies reaffirmed a «buy» rating, calling it the stock’s cheapest valuation in the post-COVID era, while Kotak Institutional Equities upgraded it to «buy» from «neutral.»
Oil marketing companies and paintmakers advanced as crude prices declined, driving a 2% gain in energy stocks and a 2.6% rise in the oil and gas sector. Asian Paints led gains on the Nifty 50 benchmark, surging 4.8%.
Financial stocks edged up 0.5%, supported by the Reserve Bank of India’s liquidity measures. The RBI announced plans to inject Rs 1.9 lakh crore into the banking system in March through open market government bond purchases and USD/INR swaps, adding to the Rs 4.5 lakh crore already infused since mid-January.
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