Nifty reclaimed the 12,000 mark in trade on Monday - a level last seen in February 2020. The rally since February low has been mostly fueled by pharma, information technology (IT) services and automobile stocks.
A large part of this, however, has also been on account of a sharp uptick in Reliance Industries (RIL) as the company emkarked upon a journey to become debt free, and raise money for its telecom venture - Jio Platforms via stake sale to marquee global investors. That apart, the acquisition of Future Group and the ensuing stake sales in Reliance Retail also propped up RIL,

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