Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights: Sensex, Nifty climb nearly 1% on fresh foreign fund inflows; extend rally to fifth day

HomeMarket NewsSensex Today | Stock Market Highlights: Sensex, Nifty climb nearly 1% on fresh foreign fund inflows; extend rally to fifth day

Sensex Today | Stock Market Highlights: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty surged nearly 1% on Friday (March 21), marking their fifth day of rise on the back of fresh foreign fund inflows and gains in bank stocks.

The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 557.45 points or 0.73% to settle at 76,905.51. During the day, it surged 693.88 points or 0.90% to 77,041.94. The NSE Nifty climbed 159.75 points or 0.69 per cent to 23,350.40.

From the Sensex pack, NTPC, Bajaj Finance, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Axis Bank, Nestle, Larsen & Toubro, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, Power Grid and Zomato were among the gainers. However, Infosys, Tata Steel, Mahindra & Mahindra, Titan and Bajaj Finserv were among the laggards.