Sensex and Nifty started running at a gallop as soon as Trump came ahead in the presidential race in America…

Mumbai. The counting of votes is still going on for the post of US President, but seeing the lead of Republic Party candidate Donald Trump, new life has come in the stock markets of India as well as the world. Indian benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty maintained their gains in the second session on November 6.

At 09.37 am, the Sensex was up 266.13 points or 0.33 per cent at 79,742.76, and the Nifty was at 24,322.60, up 109.30 points or 0.45 per cent. The market bias was also in favor of gainers as about four shares rose for every share that fell. About 2,320 shares rose, 612 fell and 115 remained unchanged.

At 10 am, the S&P BSE Sensex was trading at 80,068.50 levels, up 591.87 points or 0.74%, while the NIFTY50 index was trading at 24,393.35 levels, up 180.05 points or 0.74%.

Top gainers on NSE were Apollo Hospitals, HCL Tech, ICICI Bank, BEL and Hiromoto Corp. Top losers were Titan Company, Tata Steel, Hindalco, JSW Steel and Tata Motors.

BSE Midcap index was trading at 46,332.22 level with a gain of 435.23 points or 0.95%. The BSE Smallcap index was trading at 55,430.07 levels, up 499.25 points or 0.91%.

sector watch

Except metal pack, all the sectoral indices were trading in the green. Realty shares were on the rise on BSE, followed by IT shares. BSE Realty Index was trading at 7,835.50, up 1.82%.