Lagatar24 Desk
Indian stock markets staged a strong recovery on Wednesday, the third trading day of the week, with both the Sensex and Nifty opening in the green and the Sensex climbing 660.04 points to trade around 74,512.94 at 9:25 am.
Indices Open Higher, Gains Build Up
The Nifty rose 184.85 points to 23,073.80. At the open, the Sensex had started 569.76 points higher at 74,422.66, while the Nifty began 156.70 points up at 23,045.65.
26 of 30 Sensex Stocks in the Green
Only four Sensex shares were trading in the red. Infosys led the gainers with a rise of 2.99 percent, followed by UltraTech Cement (2.33%), TCS (2.32%), Reliance (2%) and HCL Tech (1.59%). Other gainers included ICICI Bank (1.72%), Tech Mahindra (1.52%), Bharti Airtel (1.48%), ITC (1.26%), Power Grid (1.18%), L&T (0.85%), Eternal (0.73%), Kotak Mahindra Bank (0.68%), Tata Steel (0.61%), Adani Ports (0.54%), Asian Paints (0.54%), Sun Pharma (0.52%), SBI (0.51%), HUL (0.42%), Maruti Suzuki (0.42%), Axis Bank (0.35%), NTPC (0.28%), Mahindra & Mahindra (0.17%) and Titan (0.03%).
Bajaj Finance Top Loser
Bajaj Finance fell the most at 2.11 percent, followed by Bharat Electronics (0.38%), Trent (0.33%) and Bajaj Finserv (0.26%).
