The two key equity benchmarks, Sensex and Nifty, on Tuesday closed in the green following an ease in CPI inflation announced a day earlier. The S&P BSE Sensex scaled a high of 63,177 in late deals led by strong gains in index heavyweights – Reliance Industries (RIL), ITC, ICICI Bank and Infosys. The Sensex eventually settled with a gain of 418 points at 63,143. On the other hand, the NSE Nifty 50 hit a high of 18,729, and settled 115 points higher at 18,716.
On the 30-share Sensex platform, Asian Paints, Titan, ITC, Reliance, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finserv emerged gainers. On the downside, Kotak Bank, M&M, HCL, SBI, Tata Motors, Maruti were among the losers.
In the broader market, the BSE Midcap index rose 1 per cent and Smallcap index added 0.8 per cent.
All the sectoral indices ended in the green with realty up 3 per cent, while FMCG, pharma, metal and PSU Bank up 1 per cent each.
The overall breadth too was fairly positive, with more than 2,100 stocks advancing versus 1,450-odd declining stocks on the BSE.
In the previous session on Monday, the S&P BSE Sensex gained 99 points to 62,725, while the NSE Nifty 50 moved 38 points up to 18,600.
