Nifty hits 15,436 mark, Reliance and HDFC twins surge

Updated:5 years, 1 month ago

New Delhi, May 28 (ANI): Key equity indices gained over half a per cent on Friday as the second Covid-19 wave continued to recede and investors expected the pace of vaccination to pick up. While industry leaders hoped for another economic stimulus by the government, analysts said the overall structure of market remains positive. Investors remained upbeat about unlocking of economy next month which will help revive commercial activities. At the closing bell, the BSE S&P Sensex was up by 308 points or 0.6 % at 51,423 while the Nifty 50 gained by 98 points or 0.64 % to 15,436 and scaled fresh lifetime high. Except for Nifty pharma which dipped by 1.2 % and IT by 0.1 %, all other sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were in the green with thin margins. Among stocks, index heavyweight Reliance Industries advanced by 6 % to Rs 2,094.45 per share. HDFC Bank was up by 1.7 % and home loan lender HDFC added 1.3 %. Adani Ports gained by 3.4 %, Grasim by 3.3 %, Mahindra & Mahindra by 2.2 % and JSW Steel by 1.2 %. However, pharma stocks lost on profit booking with Sun Pharma down by 3.8 % and Dr Reddy's by 1.3 %. Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, Nestle India, UltraTech Cement and Tata Consultancy Serivce too were in the red. Meanwhile, Asian stocks were up as investors bet the United States will lead the world out of Covid-19 pandemic with focus turning to a multi-trillion dollar spending boost by the Biden administration. Tokyo led the advance with Nikkei jumping 2.1 % as vaccine progress spurred recovery bets. South Korea stocks rose by 0.73 % on auto strength and Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up by 0.04 %.

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