New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Indian stocks have staged their strongest weekly rally since April, but the rebound has yet to broaden beyond the largest companies. A sharp rally in information technology (IT) stocks, and a firmer rupee lifted benchmarks, while foreign investors continued to sell and crude oil above $100 a barrel kept pressure on corporate earnings.

The Sensex gained 3.13% and the Nifty 50 rose 2.79% in the week ended 16 October, their biggest weekly advances since the week ended 10 April. On Friday, the Sensex climbed 0.56% to 74,729.27, while the Nifty advanced 0.65% to 23,146.15.







The gains extended the previous week's rebound, which broke an eight-week losing streak. The challenge now is to turn that recovery into a broa...