Stock market today, Nov. 11 -- Indian stock market benchmarks staged a strong recovery on Wednesday, November 11, with both the Sensex and Nifty rising over 1%, supported by gains in index heavyweights. A decline in crude oil prices, a stronger rupee and a recovery in foreign investor inflows lifted market sentiment, triggering broad-based buying across sectors.

The BSE Sensex surged 1,145 points, or over 1.4%, to touch an intra-day high of 82,251.78. The NSE Nifty 50 also advanced 302 points, or 1.2%, to reach an intra-day high of 25,347.05.

BSE-listed companies added over Rs.4.5 lakh crore in just a few minutes since opening on Wednesday, taking the total market capitalisation to Rs.5,11,82,994.47 crore from Rs.5,07,26,775.395 crore o...