Indian Stock Market: Nifty created history, touched all-time high of 26340, Sensex jumped 573 points.

Mumbai, 2 January. The Indian stock market could not shine on the first day of the New Year 2026, but it returned bright on the second day and due to strong buying in power, bank and metal shares, both the benchmark indices closed with great gains on Friday, the last day of the trading week. On the basis of day-long buying, NSE Nifty touched its all-time high and closed with a rise of 182 points while BSE Sensex recorded a rise of 573 points.

According to stock market experts, the continuation of capital investment by domestic institutional investors (DII) and strength in Asian markets provided strong support to the domestic stock markets. In fact, in this entire trading week, both Sensex and Nifty showed a rise of about one percent each. This is the second consecutive week when the market closed in the green.

Sensex closed at 85,762.01 points

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)’s benchmark index Sensex based on 30 shares closed at 85,762.01 points with a gain of 573.41 points or 0.67 per cent. At one time during trading it had climbed 623.67 points to reach 85,812.27. Among Sensex related companies, shares of 24 remained strong while six declined.

Nifty closes at 26,328.55 after making all-time high

On the other hand, the standard index Nifty based on 50 shares of National Stock Exchange (NSE) increased by 182 points or 0.70 percent and closed at 26,328.55 points. Its previous 52-week high was 25,325.80 points. At one time during trading, Nifty also achieved its all-time high of 26,340.00 with a gain of 193.45 points. Among Nifty related companies, shares of 39 remained in the green and 11 showed weakness.

More bullishness in the broader market

The broader market saw even greater gains. The Nifty Midcap index touched a new record high and gained nearly one per cent while the Nifty Smallcap index closed 0.7% stronger.

Investors earned Rs 4.37 lakh crore in one session

The total market capitalization of companies listed on BSE increased to Rs 481.29 lakh crore today, which was Rs 476.92 lakh crore on the previous trading day. Thus, investors’ wealth increased by about Rs 4.37 lakh crore in one session.

NTPC stock saw highest gain of 4.67 percent

Among the companies included in the Sensex group, NTPC’s stock saw the highest gain of 4.67 percent. Shares of Trent, Bajaj Finance, Power Grid, Maruti, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and Bharat Electronics were also major gainers. On the other hand, loss-making stocks include ITC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Titan, Axis Bank and Bharti Airtel.

FMCG Except , all other sectoral indices remained at the green mark.

Talking about sectoral indices, except the FMCG sector, all other indices remained at the green mark. The FMCG index slipped nearly one per cent, while auto, metal, capital goods, media, realty, consumer durables, power and PSU shares registered a rise of one to two per cent. Nifty Bank index also touched a new all-time high of 60,203.75 in intraday trade.

FIIs made net sale of shares worth Rs 3,268.60 crore

According to stock market data, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) made a net sale of shares worth Rs 3,268.60 crore on Thursday while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) bought shares worth Rs 1,525.89 crore. Meanwhile, global oil benchmark Brent crude fell 0.36 per cent to $60.63 per barrel.