Stock Market Today: Nifty, Sensex End Higher; RIL, ITC, Bharti Airtel Add Most

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India’s benchmark equity indices ended higher on Wednesday, with strength in heavyweights Reliance Industries, ITC and Bharti Airtel overpowering decline in bank stocks. The Nifty 50 settled 181.95 points or 0.76% at 24,177.65 and the BSE Sensex rose 609.45 points or 0.79% to close at 77,496.36.

Intraday, the Nifty reclaimed 24,300, rising 1.4%, and the BSE Sensex added over 1,000 points or 1.4% to just below 78,000.

Maruti Suzuki, Eternal, Bandhan Bank, Garden Reach Shipbuilders, Adani Total Gas, Cochin Shipyard and Astral were some of the most notable gainers today.

On the NSE, the Nifty FMCG surged the most, followed by Nifty Realty and Nifty Auto. The Nifty Media and the Nifty PSU Bank fell.

The broader market was mixed, with the Nifty Midcap 150 flat and the Nifty Smallcap adding 0.5%.

Elsewhere, Asian stocks were mixed after a technology‑led selloff on Wall Street, as concerns grew over the returns on billions of dollars being spent on artificial intelligence ahead of a slew of megacap earnings. Japan was closed for a public holiday. South Korea’s Kospi closed 0.75% higher. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 1.7% and the Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 added 1.1%

In Europe, the Stoxx 600 nudged lower. The FTSE and DAX were also down.

Brent crude traded 1% higher at $112 a barrel. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate reclaimed $100 mark.

S&P 500 futures added 0.2%, while Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.4%. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 118 points, or 0.24%.