New Delhi, April 1 -- The Indian stock market witnessed strong buying in morning deals on Wednesday, April 1, with the Sensex and the Nifty 50 rising more than 2% each, mirroring the global trend.

The Sensex jumped 1,900 points, or 2.64%, to an intraday high of 73,847, while the NSE counterpart Nifty 50 rose by more than 550 points, or 2.5%, to the day's high of 22,902.

Investors earned Rs.10 lakh crore within minutes as the overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms rose to Rs.422 lakh crore from Rs.412 lakh crore in the previous session.

Let's take a look at 5 key factors behind the rise in the Indian stock market today:

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