Stock Market LIVE: Sensex off day’s high, up 350 pts; SmallCap zooms 2.5% | News on Markets

Stock market updates on April 01, 2024: Equity benchmark indices logged strong gains in Monday’s intra-day deals, the first trading sesssion of the financial year 2024-25, amid supportive cues from global peers. 

The S&P BSE Sensex was up over 500 points at 74,166. The NSE Nifty 50 hit a new high at 22,529.

JSW Steel surged nearly 5 per cent, and Tata Steel vaulted 3 per cent. Larsen & Toubro, UltraTech Cement, NTPC, Tata Motors, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and IndusInd Bank were the other prominent gainers. On the other hand, Titan and Bharti Airtel slipped around 1 per cent.  

Broader indices too rallied smartly. The BSE MidCap index was up over 1 per cent, while the SmallCap jumped 2 per cent.