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Fifth day of gains: Nifty back above 23,900 as foreign funds return
The Sensex was up 309 points at 77,227 and the Nifty 98 points at 23,908 in afternoon trade on Wednesday, the fifth straight session of gains. Foreign investors bought Rs 6,837 crore of equities on Tuesday and Rs 25,400 crore over 11 sessions. Crude falling to $105 a barrel has helped.
Trent and Infosys lift the Sensex 308 points, but small-cap investors get no such relief
The Sensex closed 308.49 points, or 0.42%, up at 74,459.53 and the Nifty gained 116.35 points, or 0.51%, to end at 23,053.10 on Friday, the second straight session of gains. Trent rose 5.20% after a 25% jump in September-quarter profit. The Nifty Smallcap 100 fell 1.85% and Brent crude closed above $117 a barrel.
Sensex slips 377 points, Nifty below 22,750 as IT stocks offer the only cover
Markets gave up a gap-up opening on Wednesday. The Nifty 50 fell 164.40 points (0.72%) to 22,724.55 and the Sensex shed 377.37 points (0.51%) to 73,475.53. Of 4,471 BSE stocks traded, 3,397 declined. IT stocks were the lone bright spot, while auto was the worst-hit sector.