Building on a 905-point rise on Thursday, BSE barometer Sensex added another 592 points or 0.79 points in intraday deals to take the two-day rise to 1,497 points.

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An analysis of the past 25 years of data by SAMCO Securities shows reveals that the average Nifty gain in November and December months stands at 2.5% and 2.6%, respectively.

SAMCO Securities says that Nifty's average gain in November and December stood at around 2.5% according the last 25-year data.

Thus far in the month of October, the BSE IT index rallied 14.4% while it surged 14.7% in July 2026. Earlier in July 2020, the IT index soared 22.6%, data shows.

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Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates Friday: In the broader markets, the Nifty MidCap 100 and the Nifty SmallCap 100 fell 0.54 per cent and 0.86 per cent, respectively

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In the past four trading days, the Nifty Midcap 100 index rallied 4%, while the Nifty Smallcap 100 index surged 6%, against a 1.5% gain in the Nifty 50 till Thursday.

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The heavy ​borrowing in Jio ​comes weeks after a wave of retail margin-call liquidations cut India's overall cash ​market margin trading book to ₹1.51 trn as of Oct 28 from record ₹1.59 trn on Sep 30

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Baldev Prakash of SBI Securities expects markets to gain 5-8% in the near term if headwinds ease, while large caps could deliver 12% CAGR over the next 3-5 years.

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