Mumbai, Sept. 25 -- Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded on Friday after value buying in blue-chip banking, oil & gas, and auto shares following recent sharp losses.
The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 315.20 points, or 0.43 per cent, to settle at 73,895.74 with 19 of its constituents ending higher and 11 down.
The 50-share NSE Nifty was up 77.40 points, or 0.34 per cent, to end at 23,140.50. As many as 34 Nifty stocks advanced, 15 closed lower and one remained unchanged.
Among the Sensex firms, Axis Bank rose the most, climbing by 2.82 per cent. M&M jumped 2.24 per cent, Asian Paints 1.93 per cent, Bajaj Finance 1.21 per cent, HCL Tech 1.17 per cent and Titan 1.01 per cent.
Trent was the biggest loser, dropping by 1.41 per cent. Infosys, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank and Tata Steel were also among the laggards.
Broader market indices closed on a mixed note as the BSE SmallCap Select index edged higher by 0.11 per cent, while MidCap Select index declined 0.62 per cent.
Among BSE sectoral indices, Consumer Durables jumped 1.14 per cent, Auto 0.95 per cent, Realty 0.65 per cent, Power 0.53 per cent, Industrials 0.53 per cent and Utilities 0.42 per cent. Hospitals, Telecom, Oil & Gas and Housing Finance were the laggards.
FIIs offloaded equities worth Rs 5,027.36 crore on Thursday, according to exchange data.
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