Highest-weighted banking stocks on Nifty traded with strong momentum. ICICI Bank, SBI, HDFC Bank and Kotak Bank were four of the top contributors today. Nifty Bank hit a fresh lifetime high today rising 1200 pts

ET Market Watch: Sensex rallies over 940 points today! Here are 5 factors behind the rally

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Indian markets closed in the red for the 3rd straight session. The market was quite volatile due to profit-booking pressure from index heavyweight RIL, and banking stocks

ET Market Watch: Sensex, Nifty slump on profit booking; RIL, banks drag

Indian markets hit new record highs today, Sensex crossed the 76K mark intraday while Nifty crossed the 23,100 mark for the very first time. However, at closing markets closed in the red and were mostly flattish

ET Market Watch: Sensex & Nifty Flat After Record Highs; Auto & Energy Stocks Fall

Sensex and Nifty both ended flat today and mostly swung between gains and losses. Sensex ended above the 75,400 mark while Nifty was also above the 22,900 level.

ET Market Watch: Nifty ends flat after hitting 23,000 for the first time: Top highlights

When the stock market opened for trading today, investors had cues from two central bankers to choose from - the world's most powerful Jerome Powell, who runs the US Federal Reserve, and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das. Ignoring Fed officials' concerns over the lack of progress on inflation as revealed in Fed minutes, the bulls chose to focus on the bumper dividend of Rs 2.1 lakh crore announced by India’s central bank for the government.

ET Market Watch: Nifty hits record high, Sensex jumps 1,200 points: Here's why

Top Sensex gainers: HUL, Reliance Industries, Infosys, Asian Paints and ITC (rising 1-2% each).Top Sensex losers: SBI, JSW Steel, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and Tata Steel.

ET Market Watch: Sensex rallies over 940 points today! Here are 5 factors behind the rally

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