Stock market today: Nifty 50, Sensex close at fresh peaks; investors richer by about ₹3 lakh crore in a day

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BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices also hit their fresh record highs of 38,162.37 and 44,871.58 respectively during the session. The BSE Midcap index finally closed with a gain of 0.67 per cent at 38,129.88 while the Smallcap index closed at 44,552.34, up 0.11 per cent. Also Read: Nifty 50 takes just 26 days to jump from 21k to 22k; Tata Consumer, Bajaj Auto, Wipro jump up to 21% in this period The overall market capitalisation of the firms listed on the BSE rose to nearly ₹376.1 lakh crore from nearly ₹373.3 lakh crore in the previous session, making investors richer by about ₹2.8 lakh crore in a single session.

As many as 565 stocks, including Reliance Industries, TCS, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Wipro, HCLTech, Bharti Airtel, IndusInd Bank, Larsen & Toubro, Sun Pharma and Tata Motors, hit their fresh 52-week highs in intraday trade on BSE. Shares of Wipro (up 6.37 per cent), ONGC (up 4.30 per cent) and HCL Tech (up 3.06 per cent) ended as the top gainers in the Nifty 50 index. Shares of HDFC Life Insurance Company (down 3.55 per cent), Bajaj Finance (down 2.40 per cent) and Bajaj Finserv (down 1.20 per cent) ended as the top laggards in the Nifty 50 index.

Also Read: Top Gainers and Losers today on 15 January, 2024: Wipro, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation, HDFC Life Insurance Company, Bajaj Finance among most active stocks; Check full list here Barring Nifty Media (down 1.90 per cent) and Metal (down 0.43 per cent), all sectoral indices ended higher on Monday. Nifty IT gained 1.86 per cent, ending as the top gainer among the sectoral indices. It was followed by Nifty Oil & Gas which rose 1.73 per cent and Nifty Pharma which gained 1 per cent.