Market Update

The Indian stock market witnessed strong buying in morning deals on Wednesday, April 1, with the Sensex and the Nifty 50 rising nearly 3% each, mirroring the global trend. The Sensex jumped over 2,000 points, or 2.8%, to an intraday high of 73,965, while the NSE counterpart Nifty 50 rose by more than 600 points, or 2.7%, to the day's high of 22,941. The mid and small-cap indices on the BSE surged up to 4%. Investors earned ₹13 lakh crore as the overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms rose to ₹425 lakh crore from ₹412 lakh crore in the previous session.