Nifty closes around 17,100, Sensex up 355 points on support from IT, metals, construction.

▫️Rayat Samachar▫️

Mumbai (Gurudatta Wakdekar) 18.3.2023 

 The benchmark index Nifty closed at 17,100 in a volatile session on March 17.

At the close, the Sensex was up 355.06 points or 0.62% at 57,989.90 and the Nifty was up 114.40 points or 0.67% at 17,100. About 2008 shares advanced, 1407 shares declined and 118 shares remained unchanged.

HCL Technologies, Hindalco Industries, UPL, Ultratech Cement, and Nestlé India were the top gainers in the Nifty, while Eicher Motors, NTPC, Maruti Suzuki, ITC, and Asian Paints were the losers.

Except for auto and FMCG, all other sectoral indices turned green.

The BSE midcap index rose 0.3 percent and the smallcap index rose 0.7 percent.

The Indian rupee closed at 82.55 per dollar against the previous close of 82.74