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Stock marketplace benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended astir 1% higher connected Wednesday (March 18, 2026), extending their winning tally to the 3rd time successful a row, amid a flimsy driblet successful crude lipid prices and a steadfast inclination successful planetary peers.
A rally successful IT stocks besides led to the optimistic inclination successful the home markets.
The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 633.29 points oregon 0.83% to settee astatine 76,704.13. During the day, it soared 929.38 points oregon 1.22% to 77,000.22.
The 50-share NSE Nifty surged 196.65 points oregon 0.83% to extremity astatine 23,777.80.
NTPC, Hindustan Unilever, Sun Pharma and HDFC Bank were among the laggards.
Brent crude, the planetary lipid benchmark, dipped 0.10% to $103.3 per barrel.
In Asian markets, South Korea’s benchmark Kospi jumped 5% and Japan’s Nikkei 225 scale climbed 2.87%. Shanghai’s SSE Composite scale and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng scale besides ended higher.
Markets successful Europe were trading successful affirmative territory.
The U.S. marketplace ended higher connected Tuesday (March 17).
“Domestic markets extended their recovery, supported by opportunistic buying aft the caller sell-off. The rebound was broad-based, driven by a operation of abbreviated covering and worth buying, with enactment from IT, realty, and car sectors, alongside spot successful mid and smallcap stocks,” Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Investments Limited, said.
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) offloaded equities worthy ₹4,741.22 crore connected Tuesday (March 17), according to speech data. Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs), however, bought stocks worthy ₹5,225.32 crore.
On Tuesday (March 17), the Sensex jumped 567.99 points, oregon 0.75%, to settee astatine 76,070.84. The Nifty climbed 172.35 points, oregon 0.74%, to extremity astatine 23,581.15.
