Sensex bounces back 454.11 pts

Mumbai, Jan 20 (UNI) The BSE Sensex on Monday jumped 454.11 pts to close s at 77,073.44 on the strength of Telecommunications, Power, and Financial services stocks.

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose 141.55 pts at 23,344.75.

Tumbling down over 400 pts in the previous session, the Sensex opened on a strong note at 76,978.53, rising 359 pts. It remained in green throughout the session, during the day, it zoomed 699 pts at 77,318.94, a day high, before closing at 77,073.44, surging 454.11 pts from its previous close.

The Nifty registered days high and low at 23,391.10 and 23,170.65 pts respectively.

The stocks that lifted the market were Telecommunication by 2.18 pc, followed by Power by 1.39 pc, and Financial services by 1.24 pc.

The Mid-cap rose by 0.66 pc and Small-cap by 0.82 pc.

In 30 scrips, 17 advanced while 13 declined.

The gainers were Kotak Bank was up 9.15 pc to Rs 1919.60, Bajaj Finance by 3.58 pc to Rs 7437.70, Bajaj Finserv by 3.18 pc to Rs 1734.60, NTPC by 2.96 pc to Rs 336.05 and SBC by 1.96 pc to Rs 779.05.

The losers were Zomato by 3.14 pc to Rs 240.95, Adani Ports by 1.23 pc to Rs 1149.05, TCS by 1.18 pc to Rs 4076.95 and M& M by 0.99 pc to Rs 2889.

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