Consumer durables, auto and metal stocks were among the best-performers.
During the latest upsurge, the Nifty has rallied nearly 50 per cent, while the Nifty Smallcap 100 and the Nifty Midcap100 indices have more than doubled
The 30-share Sensex peaked at 85,163 but closed slightly lower at 84,914, down 14.57 points, or 0.02 per cent, from the previous day
During these 13 trading sessions, starting August 14, the Nifty has rallied 1,150 points, or 4.7 per cent
Sensex has added nearly 10,000 points over the past one month
Given the market buoyancy a total of 34 out of the 50 Nifty components have clocked fresh highs in 2024
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The Aditya Birla group has seen its market value jump by more than 50 per cent, making it the latest entrant to the $100-billion club
To offload 45 mn shares, or 7.5% stake, at $18-21 apiece; values arm at $12.6 bn
The last time this happened was on March 31, 2017, when Nifty closed at 9,173.75
The Nifty Smallcap 100 and the Nifty Midcap 100 posted their first monthly loss after three months, even as the benchmark Sensex and the Nifty managed to eke out 1 per cent gain
In the past three months, the RIL stock has surged 29 per cent, outperforming the Sensex (which is up 10 per cent), amid renewed optimism around its growth prospects
Sensex has gained 18.7 per cent, and the Nifty 20 per cent and debt funds have given single-digit returns
On Wednesday, shares of InterGlobe Aviation, the parent company of IndiGo, ended 1.73 per cent higher at Rs 2,982.50 on BSE
Nine index components have dragged the index lower by over 1,600 points since September 2021 and nearly half the components have underperformed
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