Sensex climbs to 60,157 points, Nifty settles above 17,700
What's the story
On Tuesday, the stock market had a bearish opening but the benchmark Sensex and Nifty indices witnessed a surge. Sensex jumped 0.52% to 60,157.72 points while Nifty climbed 0.55% to 17,722.3 points.
The midcap indices also edged up with the Nifty Midcap 50 gaining 25.9 points, or 0.3%, to settle at 8,607.85 points.
Here are more details on the markets' performance on Tuesday.
Round-up
Who were the biggest gainers and losers?
As far as the top sector gainers are concerned, NIFTY METAL, NIFTY PSU BANK, and NIFTY BANK topped the list, edging up 1.73%, 1.59%, and 1.29%, respectively.
The top-gaining stocks were Kotak Mahindra, JSW Steel, and Eicher Motors, adding 4.99%, 3.7%, and 2.91%, respectively.
TCS, Infosys, and HCL Tech were among the top stock losers on Tuesday, shedding 1.63%, 1.5%, and 1.42%, respectively.
Data
Take a peek at the global markets
In the Asian markets, the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.05% to settle at 3,313.57 points. However, Hang Seng plunged to 20,485.24 points while Nikkei declsined to 27,923.37 points. In the US, NASDAQ closed on a negative note, shedding 0.03% to 12,084.36 points.
Commodities
INR goes down 0.17% against the US Dollar
The Indian rupee (INR) slipped 0.17% to settle at Rs. 82.13 against the US Dollar in the forex trade on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, both gold and silver futures witnessed a rise. The price of gold futures rose 0.78% to Rs. 60,532, while that of silver futures climbed 0.9% to Rs. 74,990.
Crude oil futures were mostly flat, ending at $80.12 per barrel.
Data
Fuel prices in Delhi and Mumbai remain unchanged
In Delhi, the fuel prices remain the same on Tuesday, with diesel priced at Rs. 89.66/liter, and petrol costing Rs. 96.76/liter. In Mumbai too there are no changes in fuel prices, with diesel costing Rs. 94.25/liter, and petrol priced at Rs. 106.29 per liter.
Crypto
How have the popular cryptocurrencies fared today?
Bitcoin is selling at $30,068.46, which is up 6.14% from yesterday. Meanwhile, Ethereum is up by 3.22% and is now selling at $1,918.48.
Tether, BNB, and Cardano are trading at $1 (0.04% up), $330.02 (5.40% up), and $0.4083 (5.21% up), respectively.
Up 2.32% from yesterday, Dogecoin is trading at $0.08499.