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( As on 15/04/2026 14:36)

Sensex gains 1,260 points; IT, capital markets stocks advance

Indian benchmark indices continued to trade higher during the late noon trading session as the optimism about a possible resolution between the US and Iran restricted runaway sell-off.



At 14:30 hours, the 30-share benchmark index was trading at 78108.81 up by 1261.24 points or by 1.64 % and then NSE Nifty was at 24226.65 up by 384 points or by 1.61 %.



Sensex touched intraday high of 78270.42 and intraday low of 77849.52 The NSE Nifty touched intraday high of 24280.9 and intraday low of 24145.8



The top gainers of the BSE Sensex pack were InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (Rs. 4647.00,+4.92%), Eternal Ltd. (Rs. 247.20,+4.66%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (Rs. 310.50,+3.40%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (Rs. 4077.90,+3.14%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Rs. 2549.85,+3.12%), among others.



The top losers of the BSE Sensex pack were Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Rs. 1859.90,-0.56%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1347.30,-0.24%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1352.90,-0.06%), among others.



IT index was at 30362.99 up by 811.97 points or by 2.75%. Cyient Ltd. (Rs. 978.50,+9.15%), Unicommerce eSolutions Ltd. (Rs. 98.90,+8.36%), Vakrangee Ltd. (Rs. 6.96,+8.24%), Netweb Technologies India Ltd. (Rs. 3566.10,+7.72%), 63 Moons Technologies Ltd. (Rs. 614.00,+7.72%),.



BSE_Bankex index was at 63428.5 down by 762.2 points or by 1.22%. ICICI Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1347.70,-0.21%), Federal Bank Ltd. (Rs. 287.85,-0.12%), Axis Bank Ltd. (Rs. 1353.10,-0.05%),.



The Market breadth, indicating the overall strength of the market, was weak. On BSE out of total shares traded 4708 , shares advanced were 3721 while 828 shares declined and 159 were unchanged.