Share Market LIVE: Sensex up 750 points, Nifty above 9,200; TCS, Eicher Motors, ICICI Bank top gainers

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: Top gainers on NSE Nifty and BSE Sensex included Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, HDFC, IndusInd Bank and Bajaj Finance each rising over 5%.

BusinessToday       Last Updated: April 17, 2020  | 15:00 IST

Sensex, Nifty Updates: Market indices Sensex and Nifty erased early gains by Friday's afternoon session as investors anticipated more in financial aids from the RBI's announcements today. Indices traded lower from day's high after the announcement of measures by RBI's cheif Shaktikanta Das, although traded 1.3% higher. BSE Sensex rose 450 points higher at 31,000, NSE Nifty traded 120 points higher at 9,114. all the sectors barring pharma and FMCG were trading in green territory, with realty secor gaining 4% higher, followed by 3% rise in banking and financial stocks.

Further SGX Nifty in Singapore Exchange too erased gains and traded 1.95% higher by the afternoon session. Meanwhile European markets opened 3% higher, backing the global bullish trend. Asian indices climbed higher on Friday, tracking cues from European and US indices that closed higher yesterday.