Stock market recap, Dec. 22 -- Indian stock market witnessed solid buying interest on Friday, 19 December even as the Bank of Japan (BoJ) hiked interest rate and signalled there could be more hikes in the near future. The Sensex jumped nearly 600 points to an intraday high of 85,067, while the Nifty 50 reclaimed 25,993 on the upside.

Finally, the Sensex closed 448 points, or 0.53%, higher at 84,929.36, while the Nifty 50 settled at 25,966.40, up 151 points, or 0.58%.

Gains were broad-based as the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices rose more than a per cent each. The BSE Midcap index jumped 1.26% while the Smallcap index rose by 1.25%.

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