Stock Market Today: Nifty Reclaims 24,600, Sensex Ends Over 300 Points Higher As HDFC Bank Leads
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, Hindalco Industries Ltd., and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories were top gainer in the NSE Nifty 50 index.

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Closing Bell: Nifty, Sensex Snap Two-Day Losing Streak
Nifty ends above 24,600 marks led by Apollo Hospitals and Hindalco Industries.
Benchmarks marginally underperform broader markets.
36 out of Nifty company ended in green.
Nifty pharma emerges as top gainer led by Alkem labs and Laurus Labs
Nifty midcap 150 gains 0.65% led by Godrej Industries, Glaxosmithkline
Nifty Smallcap 250 gains 0.6% led by NMDC Steel, EIH
NIfty Pharma, Metal and Auto gains over 1% in trade today
Nifty smllacap 250 gains for third day in a row.
Nifty Pharma, Metal, Media and Auto gains for third day in a row.
Nifty FMCG falls for second consecutive day.
NMDC steel up 20%, post strong Q1 results.
Nykaa gains 5%, despite in line Q1 results.
Apollo hospitals gains 8%, Q1 results beat estimates.













Rupee Closes Stronger Against US Dollar
Rupee closed 27 paise stronger at 87.44 a dollar
It closed at 87.71 a dollar on Tuesday
Source: Bloomberg

Q1 Results Live: Sammaan Capital NII Slips
Sammaan Capital Q1FY26 Highlights (Consolidated, YoY)
Net interest income down 3.3% to Rs 368 crore versus Rs 380 crore
Impairment up 79.5% to Rs 466 crore versus Rs 260 crore
Net Profit up 2.3% to Rs 334 crore versus Rs 327 crore
Dealing Room Buzz: Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Housing, Airtel, Mankind Pharma, Hindalco, Muthoot Finance, IRCTC
NDTV Profit India has been tracking the action in the top dealing rooms of India’s financial capital, and this edition of ‘Heard On The Street’ provides you with buzzing action on stocks like Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Housing, Bharti Airtel, Mankind Pharma, Hindalco, Muthoot Finance and IRCTC.
Heard On The Street provides readers with what well-informed investors, especially HNIs, FIIs, DIIs, and mutual funds, are buying and selling in the stock market. It also tracks the latest unconfirmed/unverified chatter around stocks and/or sectors.