Mumbai, Aug. 28 -- Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded on Friday after two days of losses and ended higher, tracking buying in blue-chip IT stocks and a rally in global markets.
The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 330.92 points, or 0.43 per cent, to settle at 77,264.51.
The 50-share NSE Nifty settled 84.80 points, or 0.35 per cent, higher at 24,175.65.
Among the 30 Sensex firms, TCS, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech, Titan and Eternal were the major winners. ICICI Bank, UltraTech Cement, Asian Paints and ITC were among the laggards.
The BSE MidCap Select index climbed 0.48 per cent and the SmallCap Select Index was marginally up by 0.02 per cent.
Among BSE sectoral indices, Focused IT surged 3.42 per cent, Information Technology jumped 3.32 per cent, PSU Bank 1.25 per cent, Bankex 1.01 per cent, MidSmall Private Banks 0.94 per cent and Metal 0.71 per cent. Insurance, Consumer Durables, Energy, Realty, Power and Oil & Gas were the laggards.
On the weekly front, the BSE benchmark declined 276.32 points, or 0.35 per cent, and the Nifty dipped 76.35 points, or 0.31 per cent.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, dipped 0.17 per cent to $89.63 per barrel.
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worth Rs 298.26 crore on Thursday, according to exchange data.
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