Mumbai:26/10/21:The Sensex and the Nifty today rose more than half a percent amid positive global cues. Sensex regained the 61,000 mark while the Nifty reclaimed the 18,200 level.
The BSE Sensex climbed 383 points, or 0.63 percent, to close at 61,350. The NSE Nifty also gained 143 points, or 0.79 percent, to finish at 18,268.
Asian stocks today gained as upbeat Wall Street earnings lifted the broader economic outlook though fresh worries about China’s property sector hit Hong Kong and Chinese equity markets.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng declined 0.4 percent and China’s Shanghai Composite index fell 0.3 percent. Japan’s NIKKEI-225 surged 1.8 percent, South Korea’s KOSPI rose 0.9 percent and Singapore’s Straits Times added 0.1 percent.
European markets were also up in intra-day trade. London’s FTSE 100 was up 0.6 percent, France’s CAC climbed 0.7 percent and Germany’s DAX gained one percent.
U.S. stock indexes edged higher in choppy trade yesterday, led by gains in Tesla and PayPal shares. Investors also geared up for earnings reports from heavyweight technology companies this week that could provide direction to the markets.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.2 percent, the S&P 500 gained 0.5 percent and the Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 0.9 percent
