Market Wrap: IT, auto stocks lead rally as D-Street cheers easing geopolitical tensions; Sensex ends 700 points higher, Nifty above 25,200
ADVERTISEMENT Meanwhile, Banking gauge Nifty Bank settled at 56,591, higher by 0.23% or 129 points.Nifty's breadth was skewed in favour of the bulls as 42 stocks ended in the green and 8 in the red. The top gainer from the index was Titan Company, which ended with a gain of 3.66%, followed by M&M and Grasim, which were up by over 2%.
Among top losers were BEL (down 2.9%) and Kotak Mahindra Bank (witnessing a decline of 1.3%).
In the broader market, Kirloskar Brothers shares ended with a sharp surge of 19.25%, followed by Jai Balaji Industries shares, which shot up by 15.5%. On the other hand, GRSE and Data Patterns were the top losers, with losses of over 5% each.
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