Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Indian equity indices closed in the green on July 26 following broad based buying in all segments of the markets. During the day, National Stock Exchange (NSE) benchmark Nifty made a new all-time high of 24,861. Sensex also closed near an all-time high.
At closing, Sensex was up 1,292 points or 1.62 per cent at 81,332 and Nifty was up 428 points or 1.76 per cent at 24,834. Buying was also seen in the midcap and smallcap stocks. Nifty midcap 100 index is up 1,026 points or 1.81 per cent at 57,768 and the Nifty smallcap 100 index is up 180 points or 0.97 per cent at 18,854.
Among the sectoral indices, Auto, IT, PSU Bank, Fin service, pharma, FMCG, metal and realty were major gainers. Twenty-nine out of 30 shares in the Sensex closed in the green.
Bharti Airtel, Wipro, Sun Pharma, Tata Steel, HCL Tech, JSW Steel, Infosys, M&M, ITC, Bajaj Finance and Tata Motors were the top gainers. Nestle was the only loser in the BSE benchmark.
