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All that happened in the markets today
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Markets | Reserve Bank of India | Sensex
SI Reporter |
Last Updated at December 4, 2020 16:18 IST
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
The bulls continued to be in the driver's seat on Friday as the benchmark indices scaled fresh all-time highs after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) revised upwards the economic growth projections for the fiscal year 2020-21 (FY21) and assured ample liquidity for the stressed sectors.
The S&P BSE Sensex hit a new milestone today as the index breached the crucial 45,000 level for the first time ever to end at 45,080 levels, up 447 points, or 1 per cent. On similar lines, NSE's Nifty ended at 13,259, up 125 points, or 0.95 per cent. Volatility index, India VIX, dropped over 5 per cent to 18 levels.
On a weekly basis, Nifty gained 2.2 per cent while Sensex added 2 per cent.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap index ended 0.44 per cent higher at 17,389 levels while the S&P BSE SmallCap index settled at 17,317, up 72 points, or 0.42 per cent.
On the NSE, all sectoral indices ended in the green with Nifty Bank surging the most - up 2 per cent or 604 points to 30,052 levels.
On a weekly basis, Nifty gained 2.2 per cent while Sensex added 2 per cent.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap index ended 0.44 per cent higher at 17,389 levels while the S&P BSE SmallCap index settled at 17,317, up 72 points, or 0.42 per cent.
On the NSE, all sectoral indices ended in the green with Nifty Bank surging the most - up 2 per cent or 604 points to 30,052 levels.
Global markets
Asian shares scaled a record high on Friday on growing prospects of a large US economic stimulus package, while hopes that coronavirus vaccine rollouts will boost the global economy underpinned investor sentiment.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.78 per cent while Japan’s Nikkei dipped 0.22 per cent on profit-taking.
In Europe, stocks were mixed.
In commodities, oil prices jumped around 2 per cent on Friday, heading for a fifth week of gains, as major producers agreed on a compromise to continue some cuts to production to cope with coronavirus-hit demand even though these fell short of expectations.
(With inputs from Reuters)
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