Market on Wednesday | Nifty above 25,850, Sensex gains 595 pts; mid, smallcaps rally
The Indian benchmark indices ended higher for the third consecutive session on November 12 with Nifty crossing 25,900, intraday, amid buying across the sectors, barring realty.
At close, the Sensex was up 595.19 points or 0.71 percent at 84,466.51, and the Nifty was up 180.85 points or 0.70 percent at 25,875.80.
Broader indices performed inline with the main indices with Nifty Midcap hitting fresh 52-week high of 61,011, while Smallcap index rose 0.8 percent.
Nifty Bank index also went closer to its 52-week high of 58,577.50, ending at 58,274.65, up 0.23 percent.
Biggest Nifty gainers were Asian Paints, Adani Enterprises, Tech Mahindra, TCS, HDFC Life, while losers were Tata Steel, TMPV, Bharat Electronics, Shriram Finance, Grasim Industries.
Except, realty, all other sectoral indices ended in the green with media, auto, telecom, IT, consumer durables up 1-2 percent.