Among the Nifty 50 stocks, 34 registered advances, 15 recorded declines, and 2 remained unchanged. The top gainers included Bajaj Auto, Cipla, Infosys, BEL, and Shriram Finance, while HDFC Life, JSW Steel, NTPC, Hindustan Unilever, and Nestle India were the top losers.
The Sensex rose 156.70 points, ending at 76,561.69, while the Nifty advanced by 60.90 points, settling at 23,216.25. The indices, which started the day on a negative note, managed to recover some ground by the end of the trading session.
Despite the marginal uptick, investor sentiment remains cautious amid global and domestic concerns. Of the Nifty 50 companies, 27 saw advances, 22 registered declines, and two remained unchanged in early trade.
Domestic stock markets on Tuesday witnessed a bloodbath, ending on a weak note due to the selling pressure in heavyweight stocks such as Kotak Bank, Zomato, RIL and US President Donald Trump's aggressive take on the trade tariffs on various countries