New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- Indian Stock Market on Thursday ended with a surge of 2.5 percent on Thursday as a sharp decline in crude oil prices and hopes of an early resolution to the West Asia conflict lifted investor sentiment. Nifty reclaimed the 24,000 mark and closed above 24,500 for the first time since August 7.
At close, the Sensex was up 2,008.61 points or 2.60 percent at 79,310.01, and the Nifty was up 576.00 points or 2.40 percent at 24,536.60. Nifty midcap index gaining 1.8 percent and smallcap index rising 0.5 percent.
Among the sectors, except, energy which was down 0.3% and media down by 0.8%, all other sectoral indices ended higher. Auto index jumpd 4%, Realty, PSU Bank, Nifty Bank and Private Bank up 3% each, while consumer dur...