However, healthy buying in the broader market kept overall market breadth in the favour of the buyers
Airtel, Nestle India, TCS and ITC contributed the most to gains for the benchmark indices
Top Nifty gainers included Kotak Mahindra Bank, Powergrid, Grasim and BPCL, among others
Investors looked to lock in gains after the recent rally but most dips were bought into, which left indices unchanged at close.
The domestic benchmark indices extended their gains to the third day in a row on Monday
The BSE MidCap index closed 0.35 per cent higher after hitting a new peak of 24,454 in the intra-day deals
TCS, HUL, Titan Company, UltraTech Cement, and Bharti Airtel hit their respective record highs on the BSE today
Eleven Sensex stocks, including RIL, Bharti Airtel, Titan Company, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, HDFC Bank, HCL Technologies and Nestle India have gained more than 10 per cent in the last one month
The Nifty Realty index jumped 5 per cent today while the Nifty Metal index slipped 1.8 per cent
Bharti Airtel (up 6.7 per cent) was the biggest gainer on the Sensex today, followed by Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, Asian Paints, TCS, Titan, and Tech Mahindra
Investor wealth rose by Rs 3.6 trillion on the BSE today, taking m-cap of all listed BSE companies to Rs 247.34 trillion
Sectorally, the metals pack bled the most, down 1.3 per cent, followed by the PSB Index (down 0.8 per cent)
The Nifty IT index put up a strong show with a 0.7 per cent gain while the Nifty Realty index slipped 0.8 per cent.
Sectorally, the Nifty IT index advanced 2 per cent while the Nifty Auto index tumbled 1.5 per cent
The 30-share Sensex index declined 300 points, or 0.4 per cent, and closed at 55,329 levels on Friday while the Nifty50 index slipped ended at 16,451 levels, down 118 points or 0.7 per cent
Earlier in the day, the 30-share index scaled mount 56,000 and hit a fresh record high of 56,118. The Nifty50, on the other hand, hit a new high of 16,702
The Nifty Metal index skidded 2.5 per cent
The advance-decline ratio remained skewed in favour of seller, highlighting underlying bearishness in market.
Investors' wealth jumped Rs 3,48,431.23 crore as the market rally continued for the second straight session on Friday, with the BSE Sensex closing above the 55,000-mark for the first time. The 30-share BSE benchmark gained 593.31 points or 1.08 per cent to close at 55,437.29. During the day, it rallied 643.81 points to its intra-day lifetime record of 55,487.79. On Thursday, the benchmark had closed 318.05 points or 0.58 per cent higher. Following the two-day rally in equities, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies climbed Rs 3,48,431.23 crore to reach its all-time high of Rs 2,40,23,280.14 crore. "Enthusiastic retail participation has given momentum to the market enabling it to reach higher levels. Also, the rally has global support with the Dow and S&P 500 setting new records. "A healthy feature of today's rally is that it is led by high-quality blue-chips in performing sectors like IT, financials and telecom," said V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at ...
On the contrary, broader indices underperformed and ended mildly lower