Stock Market / Holi is out in the stock market, Sensex jumps 950 points, investors gain four lakh crores

Zoom News : Mar 17, 2022, 11:15 AM
Holi was seen in the stock market on the fourth trading day of the week amid positive global cues. On the day of Holika Dahan, both the indices of the market opened on the green mark. The 30-share Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange opened at 57,636, up 820 points or 1.44 per cent, while the Nifty of the National Stock Exchange opened at 17203 with a jump of 228 points or 1.34 per cent. At present, the Sensex is trading at the level of 57,806 with a gain of 950 points.

There was a strong boom on the last business day

With the opening of the market, about 1676 shares have risen, 331 shares have declined and 66 shares have remained unchanged. It is worth noting that on the last trading day on Wednesday, the stock market was open on the green mark and closed with a strong momentum while trading in gains throughout the day. The BSE Sensex index closed at 56,817 with a gain of 1039 points or 1.86 per cent, while the Nifty index of NSE closed at 16,975 with a gain of 312 points or 1.87 per cent.

Market cap is 260 lakh crores

All its 30 shares are trading on the green mark. The biggest gain is seen in banking stocks. With this, the market cap of companies listed on BSE has also increased to Rs 260 lakh crore. It was at Rs 256 lakh crore on the last trading day. That is, due to today's boom, there has been an increase of Rs 4 lakh crore in the wealth of investors.

The rise in these stocks including HDFC

Major stocks rising today are HDFC, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finance, UltraTech Cement, ADFC Bank, Asian Paints, Kotak Bank, ICICI Bank, which have gained 2 to 3 per cent. Along with these, shares of SBI, IndusInd Bank, Hindustan Unilever, Bajaj Finserv, Titan, Wipro, Tata Steel, Maruti, Larsen & Toubro, TCS, Tech Mahindra and Infosys are also gaining.

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