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On Friday, benchmarks ended lower, tracking negative global cues. The Nifty 50 closed 0.62% lower at 24,176.15, down 150.50 points, while the Sensex ended 0.66% lower at 77,328.19, down 516.33 points.

M&M, Bajaj Auto, NTPC, HDFC Life and L&T supported the Nifty 50, while Hindustan Unilever, TCS, ITC, Titan and Bajaj Finserv weighed on the index.

Nifty PSU Bank rose about 2.61%, leading sectoral gains, followed by Nifty Pharma and Nifty Realty. Meanwhile, HPCL rose 6.91%, BPCL gained 5.21%, and IOC advanced 4.26% during the session on reports of US nearing to end war with Iran.

Bitcoin's value has fallen more than a third since reaching its October peak of over $126,000.

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The Nifty 50 closed 0.36% lower at 24,032.80, while the Sensex fell 0.33% to 77,017.79.

The Nifty ended 0.8% higher to close above the 24,000 mark.The Sensex also gained 0.8%, rising over 600 points to settle at 77,303.

The derivatives markets are also pointing to a more optimistic shift.

US Treasury freezes Iran-linked crypto wallets with help from Tether, citing sanctions evasion via complex digital routes.

The BSE Sensex fell 852 points to end at 77,664, while the NSE Nifty 50 closed 0.84% lower at 24,173.

The NSE Nifty 50 rose nearly 0.9% to end above 24,550 and the BSE Sensex rose nearly 1% or over 750 points to settle near 79,300.

Stock Market News Live: On the sectoral front, the Nifty PSU Bank and Nifty Energy indices are the top gainers on the NSE. The smallcap and midcap gauges are underperforming the blue-chip benchmarks.

All but one of the 15 sectoral gauges compiled by the NSE traded higher, led by the FMCG counter.

Nifty Bank fell more than 0.5%, led lower by HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank. Nifty Energy ended higher for an eighth consecutive day.

The NSE Nifty 50 closed 1.6% higher to end above 24,200, while the BSE Sensex rallied over 1,200 points or 1.64% to settle above 78,100.

Bitcoin climbed to its highest level in four weeks, reaching around seventy four thousand four hundred dollars amid optimism over a potential US Iran peace deal.

ICICI Bank and Airtel are among the top gainers on the Nifty. Twelve out of 15 sectoral gauges compiled by the NSE traded lower, led by the NSE Nifty Auto Index's 1.7% fall.

Wipro was the only stock trading higher in the Nifty IT Index, up 1.27%. Infosys led the declines, down 2.55%, followed by TCS at 1.97% and Mphasis at 1.90%.

The NSE Nifty 50 ended 0.9% lower to settle near 23,780 and the BSE Sensex slumped 1.2% or over 900 points to close marginally above 76,630.

In a post on X, Adam Back said that he is not Satoshi, but he was early in laser focus on the positive societal implications of cryptography.