Market erased most of the intraday gains, ending marginally higher amid final hour profit booking. However, the winning run continued on sixth consecutive session on October 23 amid hopes over the US-India trade deal.

Indian markets opened higher with Nifty above 26,000 and with extended buying it crossed 26,100 for the first time since September 27, 2024.

At close, the Sensex was up 130.06 points or 0.15 percent at 84,556.40, and the Nifty was up 22.80 points or 0.09 percent at 25,891.40. BSE Midcap index down marginally, while smallcap index shed 0.4%.

Nifty Bank index opened higher and tested fresh record high of 58,577.50, intraday, before closing flat at 58,078.05.

Infosys, HCL Technologies, TCS, Shriram Finance, Axis Bank were among top gainers on the Nifty, while losers were Eternal, Interglobe Aviation, Bharti Airtel, Tata Consumer, Eicher Motors.

On the sectoral front, IT index rose 2%, Private Bank index up 0.5%, while oil & gas index down 0.6%.

In stock-specific action, Kirloskar Ferrous Industries rose 1% on contract win from ONGC, HCL Technologies added 2.4% on partnership with DIB, Jain Resource Recycling rose 3% as Q2 consolidated profit jumped 77%, Epack Prefab Technologies jumped 14% as Q2 consolidated profit surges 104%, Garuda Construction added 5% on bags work order worth of Rs 231 crore, Bondada Engineering added 10% on Letter of Intent from Adani Group.


More than 200 stocks touched their 52-week high on the BSE, including Bank of India, IDFC First Bank, City Union Bank, Shriram Finance, Axis Bank, Indian Bank, AU Small Finance Bank, Titan Company, Bajaj Finance, Hindalco Industries, L&T, SBI, HDFC Bank, Maruti Suzuki, PNB, Bajaj Finserv, Ceat, Federal Bank, Grasim Industries, among others.