Stock Market Updates: Both the benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty are trading in green today.
After registering a record high in the last trading session, the Indian stock market opened on a strong note again today i.e. April 30. In today’s trading, the Sensex opened up 129.61 points or 0.17% at 74,800. While the Nifty opened at 22,679 with an increase of 36.25 points or 0.16%.
In early trade, the Sensex rose over 300 points to 75,009.57 and the Nifty gained 110 points to 22,750.
Among the Sensex listed companies, shares of Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti, Tata Motors, Ultratech Cement, HCL Technologies and Nestlé were the top gainers. While the shares of Bharti Airtel, Tech Mahindra, HDFC Bank and State Bank of India suffered losses.
The BSE Sensex surged 941 points, while the NSE Nifty touched above 22,600, on Monday amid strong buying in stocks amid strength in global markets. BSE’s 30-share index Sensex rose 941.12 points or 1.28 percent to close at 74,671.28 points. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) index Nifty also rose 223.45 points or 1 percent to close at 22,643.40 points.
The market capitalization of BSE listed companies on Monday was Rs. 406.52 lakh crore reached an all-time high, leading to an increase in investor wealth of Rs. 2,48,043.51 crore was increased on Monday.
According to stock market data, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net buyers in the capital market. He on Monday netted Rs. 169.09 crore worth of shares bought.