new Delhi. The Indian stock market reached an all-time record high on Monday following the victory of Joe Biden in the US presidential election. The stock market opened higher on Monday, the first trading day of the week. Bombay Stock Exchange’s flagship index Sensex opened 503.93 points up at 42393.99 level. At the same time, the National Stock Exchange’s Nifty opened with a gain of 135.85 points at 12399.40. The stock market had closed higher on the previous trading day on positive global cues. The Sensex was up 552.90 points at 41893.06 and the Nifty was up 143.25 points at 12263.55.
Today’s major stocks Wipro, Infosys, HCL Tech, Britannia and Shree Cement started at a rapid pace. At the same time, shares of JSW Steel, Tata Steel, SBI and SBI Life opened on the red mark.
All Sensex shares in green mark
Talking about sectoral index, all sectors opened on green mark today. These include banks, finance services, private banks, metals, realty, PSU banks, media, FMCG, pharma, IT and auto.
Nifty’s top gainers and losers
Talking of rising stocks, today ICICI Bank and BPCL shares are trading above 3-3 percent. Axis Bank and Infosys shares are also up 2-2%. However, shares of Coal India and Adani Port are trading marginally lower.
Nifty bank
There was a slight fall in the stock markets across the world on the previous trading day. The US market Dow Jones was down 66.78 points at 28,323.40. At the same time, the S&P 500 index closed at 3,509.44. Whereas, Nasdaq was up 13.28 points at 12,091.30.
Foreign institutional investors made net purchases of Rs 4,869.87 crore in the market last weekend. Meanwhile, the price of Brent crude in the international market was up 2.66 percent at $ 40.50 per barrel.
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