Muhurat Trading session: The key benchmark indices started Samvat 2079 on a gung-ho note led by strong gains in financial and capital goods stocks.
In today's(24 October 2022) one-hour special trading session, the S&P BSE Sensex scaled a high of 59,994 and eventually settled 525 points higher at 59,832. The NSE Nifty touched a high of 17,778 and ended with a solid gain of 154 points at 17,731. In the process, the benchmark indices registered the best-ever trading session on Muhurat day in the last 14 years, since 2008.
Among the Sensex 30 stocks, Nestle India surged 3 percent. ICICI Bank, Larsen & Toubro, SBI and HDFC twins were the major gainers. On the flip side, Hindustan Unilever shed 3 percent.
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