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( As on 05/03/2026 14:52)

Sensex, Nifty firm as RIL, L&T lead

Domestic bourses continued to gain strength during the late noon trading session supported by buying in Reliance Industries, Larsen & Toubro, and HDFC Bank shares.



At 14:45 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 79915.53 up by 799.34 points or by 1.01 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24582.5 up by 102 points or by 0.42 %.



Sensex touched intraday high of 79966.29 and intraday low of 79201.69 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24672.8 and intraday low of 24529.4



The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 4048.25,+4.28%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (Rs. 465.25,+4.15%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (Rs. 1490.45,+3.92%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (Rs. 1390.15,+3.31%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4532.95,+3.19%), among others.



The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Rs. 1335.95,-1.08%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1352.40,-0.89%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 238.95,-0.73%), State Bank of India (Rs. 1166.20,-0.71%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 1356.05,-0.58%), among others.



Metal index was at 39939.18 up by 1078.33 points or by 2.77%. National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Rs. 400.90,+7.31%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Rs. 970.35,+5.23%), Coal India Ltd. (Rs. 455.60,+4.72%), Vedanta Ltd. (Rs. 720.40,+2.81%), JSW Steel Ltd. (Rs. 1246.45,+2.80%),.



IT index was at 29258.42 down by -135.02 points or by -0.46%. InfoBeans Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 161.05,-8.08%), Netweb Technologies India Ltd. (Rs. 3201.30,-7.45%), eMudhra Ltd. (Rs. 407.00,-5.05%), Onward Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 248.60,-4.16%), Affle 3I Ltd. (Rs. 1359.60,-3.16%),.



The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4490 , shares advanced were 2571 while 1735 shares declined and 184 were unchanged.