In yet another rangebound session on September 11, the Indian equity markets ended higher with Nifty finishing above 25,000 for the first time since August 21.
The Nifty50 index extended the winning run on 7th straight session, closing at 25,005.50, up 32.40 points or 0.13 percent, while BSE Sensex also extend rally on fourth day, closing at 81,548.73, up 123.58 points or 0.15 percent.
Broader indices underperformed the man indices with BSE Midcap and smallcap indices finishing on flat note.
Adani Enterprises, Shriram Finance, NTPC, Axis Bank, Power Grid were among major gainers on the Nifty, while losers were Bajaj Auto, Infosys, SBI Life Insurance, Wipro, Titan Company.
On the sectoral front, energy, PSU Bank, pharma, oil & gas, media up 0.5-1%, while IT index declined 0.5%, auto index shed 0.3%.
In stock-specific action, SpiceJet shares rose 2% on securing $89.5 million liquidity boost through Carlyle settlement, Jupitar Wagons shares added 4% on order win worth Rs 113 crore, ACME Solar shares jumped 3% on securing Rs 3,892 crore project funding for 400 MW FDRE project from SBI, Gujarat Fluorochemicals shares down 3% on gas leak incidence at Ranjitnagar plant.
Kalpataru Projects shares added 2.4% on bagging orders worth RS 2,720 crore, Infosys shares ended 1.4% lower ahead of board meeting for buyback, Adani Power shares down 1.5% despite receiving LoA from MPPMCL, Tega Industries shares fell 2% on firm planning to acquire Molycop in consortium with Apollo Funds.
More than 100 stocks touched their 52-week highs on the BSE, including Waaree Energies, Zydus Wellness, Indian Bank, Fortis Healthcare, Gujarat Mineral, among others.
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