RIL, HDFC, TCS power 673-pts rally in Sensex; Nifty tops 17,800; banks soar

The broader markets underperformed the benchmarks by a wide margin. The BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices ended with meagre gains of 0.05 per cent and 0.4 per cent, respectively.

Closing Bell

Investors looked past the surging coronavirus cases in the country and took benchmark indices higher for a third consecutive day on Tuesday. After hitting a low of 59,084 in early deals, bulls lifted the BSE Sensex index over 853 points from the day's low to hit a high of 59,937.  

By close, the index stood at 59,856, up 673 points or 1.14 per cent, against Monday's close. It's NSE counterpart Nifty50, too, zoomed 181 points to settle above the 17,800-mark at 17,807. This is the indices highest level since November 22. 

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