Sensex Climbs To 60,200, Nifty At 17,925; Bajaj Twins Top Gainer

It has been the fourth straight day of gains for the headline indices. Nifty notched levels close to 17950 points at day's high, while ended the session at 17,925. Sensex also climbed to 60,000 hit last year and now just 3 percent away from all time high levels of 62,245 levels.

Bank Nifty has been trading with remarkable gains and this has come as lenders have been announcing their provisional data for the December ended quarter of Fy 22. The banking sector is in focus and is seeing huge activity.

Bajaj twins, Kotak Mahindra Bank, JSW Steel and Grasim led the list of Nifty gainers, while laggards have been Infosys, Tech Mahindra, HCL, Divis Labs and Wipro.

Among Nifty sectoral indices, there has been mixed sentiment with banks and financial services leading, while the weakness has been seen in the IT, pharma and media pack.

Paper and PSU stock also saw huge buying interest with Seshasayee Papers climbing higher by 10 percent. Likewise, Balmer Lawrie also gained 8 percent during intra-day trade.

Meanwhile, Asian markets ended the day on a mixed note, with Hang Seng and Shanghai indices seeing a cut of over 1 percent, while European markets have been trading higher.

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