December 24, 2025 02:22 pm (IST)
Follow us:
Indian benchmark indices end Friday and week on a positive note
Mumbai, Mar 4 (IBNS) Positive cues from a firm global market helped the Indian benchmark indices to post their fourth consecutive day of gains as markets closed for business on Friday.
Sensex was up 39.49 points to end at 24646.48 while Nifty rose 9.75 points to end at 7,485.35.
Metal, banking and real estate stocks overall performed well on Friday.
The market, which had reacted negatively on the day of the presentation of the Union Budget 2016 (Feb 29) remained upbeat for the remaining days of the week and posted its best weekly gain in more than four years.
During the week, hopes of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India and the easing of capital requirement rules by the central bank kept market sentiments upbeat.
On Friday, BHEL, SBI, Coal India, Tata Motors and Cipla were among the top gainers while Sun Pharma, Wipro, Maruti, L&T and Reliance were some of the top losers, according to market reports.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Latest Headlines
Gold rally sparks surge in Manappuram, Muthoot & IIFL shares – investors celebrate!
Wed, Dec 24 2025
Coal India hits 3% gain after board approves subsidiary listings – investors rejoice!
Wed, Dec 24 2025
Sensex slips over 100 points at open — here’s what experts say next
Tue, Dec 23 2025
DBS Bank India extends ₹670 crore sustainability-linked trade facility to Indorama India
Mon, Dec 22 2025