Stock market up today: Investors earn ₹2.8 lakh crore as Sensex jumps, Nifty at record high

Investor wealth rose ₹2.88 lakh crore to ₹429.83 lakh crore today compared with a valuation of ₹426.94 lakh crore in the previous session.

Updated on: Jun 12, 2024, 13:27:45 IST

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Gains in banks, financial, IT and metal stocks pushed Sensex 500 points higher today as Nifty reached an all-time high. The 30-share BSE Sensex hit a day high of 76,968 while NSE Nifty index hit an all-time peak of 23,420. BSE market capitalisation generated in the domestic bourses is around ₹2.8 lakh crore today. Active stocks included HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Reliance Industries Ltd, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), Bharti Airtel and Bajaj Finance which lifted the indices higher. Here are top updates on stock market today:

The 30-share BSE Sensex hit a day high of 76,968 while NSE Nifty index hit an all-time peak of 23,420. (AP)

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Investor wealth rose ₹2.88 lakh crore to ₹429.83 lakh crore today compared with a valuation of ₹426.94 lakh crore in the previous session.
As many as 187 stocks hit their 52-week high levels today which included AAVAS Financiers, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC, Ashok Leyland, BASF India, Bharat Forge, Airtel, CIE India, Dixon and Finolex Cables.
14 stocks touched their respective 52-week lows today.
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Privi Speciality Chemicals, Trident, Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra), MMTC, Tanla Platforms, Network18, Linde India, Praj Industries and Nesco gained as much as 8.46 per cent today.
In Sensex, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, RIL, L&T, Airtel, Bajaj Finance, SBI and Axis Bank. HDFC, ICICI and Reliance contributed to 273-point jump.
Nifty Bank, Nifty Financial Services, Nifty IT and Nifty Metal outperformed the NSE index. Read more: India 129th on Global Gender Gap index, this country is on top: Complete list
Nifty Bank rose 0.98 per cent, Nifty Financial Services was up 1.05 per cent, Nifty IT gained 0.66 per cent and Nifty Metal was up 0.78 per cent.

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