Stock Market Today: Nifty Ends 0.34% Higher, Sensex Adds 145 Points; Realty, PSU Banks Rally

• S&P 500: Up 0.26%

• Dow Jones Industrial Average: Up 0.15%

• Nasdaq: Up 0.35%

Rupee strengthened 13 paise to end at 86.44 against US Dollar. It ended at 86.57 a dollar on Tuesday

Source: Bloomberg

The NSE Nifty 50 ended 73 points or 0.34% higher at 22,907.6 while the BSE Sensex closed 147 points or 0.2% up at 75,449.

Intraday, the Nifty surged 0.47% to near 22,950-level, near the profit booking zone seen by analysts, while the Sensex gained 0.35%.

Key highlights:

• Nifty closes in on 23,000 mark

• Broader markets see sharp outperformance

• IT stocks, a key drag on the Nifty

• Except FMCG, IT all sectoral indices trade in the green

• Realty, PSU Bank outperform

• Shriram Finance the top gainer

• 4 IT heavyweights are top losers

• Breadth of the market favourable for a second straight day

• Defence, infra and Market intermediaries zoomed - HAL, GRSE, GR Infra, CAMS, BSE, etc.

Garden Reach Shipbuilders stock is hit the 20% upper price band on the NSE.

Indian Overseas Bank's board approved issue of long-term infra bonds worth Rs 10,000 crore in FY25.

Source: Exchange Filing