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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closed higher connected Monday (February 23, 2026), tracking gains successful PSU bank, car and fiscal stocks, arsenic investors' sentiments improved aft the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Trump administration's sweeping tariffs.
The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 479.95 points, oregon 0.58%, to settee astatine 83,294.66. During the session, the benchmark jumped 671.44 points, oregon 0.81%, to deed an intraday precocious of 83,486.15.
The 50-share NSE Nifty precocious 141.75 points, oregon 0.55%, to adjacent astatine 25,713. In the intraday session, it appreciated 200.2 points, oregon 0.78%, to deed a precocious of 25,771.45.
Adani Ports was the biggest gainer from the Sensex pack, rising 2.98 per cent, followed by Kotak Mahindra Bank, UltraTech Cement, PowerGrid, Hindustan Unilever, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India, Titan, Mahindra & Mahindra and Larsen & Toubro were the large gainers.
On the different hand, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Trent, HCL Technologies, Bajaj Finserv, Tata Consultancy Services, ITC, Bharat Electronics Ltd, Eternal, Tata Steel, and IndiGo ended successful losses.
"The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling against Mr. Trump's reciprocal tariff argumentation was welcomed by home markets. Investors are awaiting much clarity connected Trump’s revised strategy and the scope of renegotiations by different nations," Vinod Nair, caput of research, Geojit Investments Ltd, said.
A weaker U.S. dollar and declining 10-year Treasury yields whitethorn adhd near-term caution successful the planetary market, helium added.
"Sectorally, the IT scale faced unit from unresolved concerns implicit AI-driven disruption.
"Nonetheless, investors favoured home themes, with banks, power, FMCG, and user discretionary stocks gaining traction connected expectations of resilient request and economical recovery," Mr. Nair said.
The broader Asian markets closed higher, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbing 2.53% portion South Korea's Kospi went up astir 1%.
Markets successful Japan and mainland China remained closed owed to holidays.
European markets were trading connected a mixed enactment successful the mid-session deals, with Germany's DAX slipping 0.44%, portion Paris' CAC 40 and London's FTSE 100 were trading flat.
Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, slipped 0.38% to $71.49 per barrel.
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worthy ₹934.61 crore connected Friday (February 20, 2026), portion home organization investors outpaced FIIs by purchasing stocks worthy ₹2,637.15 crore, according to the speech data.
On Friday (February 20, 2026), the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 316.57 points to settee astatine 82,814.71, portion NSE Nifty precocious 116.90 points to adjacent astatine 25,571.25.
