New Delhi, May 21 -- Stock market today: The Indian stock market witnessed healthy buying interest in the morning deals on Thursday, 21 May, with the benchmarks- the Sensex and the Nifty 50- rising nearly 1% each.

The Sensex jumped over 600 points, or more than 0.80%, to an intraday high of 75,946, while the Nifty 50 jumped 0.85% to the day's high of 23,860.

The mid- and small-cap indices on the BSE also rose by 1% each, reflecting broad-based buying.

The overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms rose to Rs.464 lakh crore by 9:25 am compared to Rs.461 lakh crore in the previous session, making investors richer by about Rs.3 lakh crore within the first 10 minutes of the session.

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