New Delhi. Today, the Indian stock market witnessed a great boom, which gave tremendous profits to the investors. After the boom in the US markets, the Indian market also performed well. On the last trading day of the week, on Friday, the BSE Sensex jumped 1,359.51 points to close at a new all-time high of 84,544.31 points. Similarly, the NSE Nifty also closed at its new all-time high of 25,790.95 points with a gain of 375.15 points.
The Sensex touched a high of 84,694.46 points during the day, while the Nifty reached 25,849.25 points. Both the indices once again set new records, creating a wave of excitement among investors.
Most of the Sensex and Nifty stocks saw a rise
On Friday, out of the 30 companies of BSE Sensex, the shares of 26 companies saw a rise, while the shares of only 4 companies closed in the red. The shares of 44 companies of Nifty 50 also saw a rise, while the shares of 6 companies closed with a decline.
Mahindra & Mahindra saw the biggest gain
Among the top 30 companies of the Sensex, Mahindra & Mahindra’s shares saw the highest gain of 5.37 percent. Apart from this, ICICI Bank’s shares closed with a gain of 4.47 percent, JSW Steel 3.85 percent, Larsen & Toubro 2.95 percent, and Bharti Airtel’s shares closed with a gain of 2.65 percent.
Other stocks also gave profits
Other major stocks that benefited investors were Kotak Mahindra Bank, Tech Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Steel, HDFC Bank, PowerGrid, HCL Tech, Bajaj Finserv, UltraTech Cement, ITC, Reliance Industries, Sun Pharma, Infosys, Tata Motors, Axis Bank and NTPC. On the other hand, Bajaj Finance, TCS, IndusInd Bank and SBI were among the other gainers. SBI was the biggest loser, shedding 1.07 per cent.
