It was a sea of green in the sectoral space as all indices gained. Nifty Metal and Nifty Pharma were the best performers, up over 1 per cent each
Britannia, Tata Consumer, BPCL and HDFC Life were the top gainers in the 50-pack index while Bharti Airtel, JSW Steel, Maruti and SBI were the worst laggards
Sectorally, the metals pack bled the most, down 1.3 per cent, followed by the PSB Index (down 0.8 per cent)
Among 30 Sensex stocks, only nine closed in the green. Bajaj Finserv was the worst loser followed by Titan, Maruti Suzuki and Bharti Airtel while TCS, Infosys, RIL and Nestle India were top gainers
The Nifty IT index put up a strong show with a 0.7 per cent gain while the Nifty Realty index slipped 0.8 per cent.
Bajaj Finserv was the best performing stock in the 30-pack Sensex. The stock rallied 8.65% to hit a new high of Rs 16,590.15
The BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices settled 1.5 per cent and 1.7 per cent higher, respectively
The BSE barometer Sensex rose 226 points or 0.41% to 55,556. Nifty ended shy of 16,500 mark at 16,496, up 46 points or 0.28%
Sectorally, the Nifty IT index advanced 2 per cent while the Nifty Auto index tumbled 1.5 per cent
Sensex dipped 300 points to 55,329 while Nifty50 lost 118 points to 16,451. Analysts foresee a few choppy sessions in the days ahead for the Indian equity markets
The 30-share Sensex index declined 300 points, or 0.4 per cent, and closed at 55,329 levels on Friday while the Nifty50 index slipped ended at 16,451 levels, down 118 points or 0.7 per cent
In the Sensex pack, UltraTech Cement, Bajaj twins and Nestle India were the top gainers and Kotak Bank, ICICI Bank, PowerGrid and IndusInd Bank were the worst losers
Earlier in the day, the 30-share index scaled mount 56,000 and hit a fresh record high of 56,118. The Nifty50, on the other hand, hit a new high of 16,702
Tech Mahindra, TCS, Nestle and Infosys were the top Sensex gainers and IndusInd Bank, NTPC, Airtel and L&T were the top losers
The Nifty Metal index skidded 2.5 per cent
BSE barometer Sensex hit a new high of 55,681 in trade and settled at 55,583, up 145 points or 0.26 per cent
The benchmark indices ended a historic week for the market with a bang as Sensex vaulted past 55,000 mark for the first time today
On the contrary, broader indices underperformed and ended mildly lower
BSE barometer Sensex jumped 318 points or 0.58 per cent to end at 54,844. The index had touched an all-time high of 54,874 in trade
The Nifty IT index jumped 3 per cent and ended around record high levels of 32,245.