August 18, 2026 08:23 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
BJP reshuffles top organisation seven months after Nitin Nabin's elevation | West Bengal STF arrests suspected aide of ISI 'agent' Rana Rauf in Kolkata | ‘Very hopeful’: Indian envoy Dinesh Trivedi breaks silence on PM Tarique Rahman’s proposed India visit | Shehzad Poonawalla doubles down on BJP exit, urges party to accept resignation | Tarapith tragedy: Seven pilgrims killed as hotel goes up in flames before dawn | Bengal STF nabs suspected aide of ISI 'agent' Rana Rauf in Kolkata | After SC rebuke, BCI chief apologises to NALSAR students over enrolment freeze row | Independence Day: PM Modi’s big youth pitch— AI training, free coaching amid exam row and job concerns | ‘Shakti Ki Saptadhara’: Modi reveals 7 pillars to power India’s next leap in his I-Day speech from Red Fort | West Bengal STF arrests 3 more suspected Pakistani spies in Cooch Behar

Indian benchmark indices end Friday and the week on positive note

| | Mar 18, 2016, at 11:27 pm
Mumbai, Mar 18 (IBNS) At close of business on Friday, the Sensex closed at its two-month high level (even though it failed to reclaim its 25000 level) and the Nifty managed to close above its psychological level of 7600 (the first time since Jan 8).

The Sensex finally settled at 24,953 (up 275 points) and the Nifty closed at 7604 (up 92 points).

For the week ending Friday, the Sensex rose 0.9 per cent and the Nifty rose 1.2 per cent.

TCS, Vedanta, Hindalco, ACC, GAIL India, Bosch, Infosys, Adani Ports, State Bank of India, HDFC, BHEL, Wipro, Tata Steel and Punjab National Bank were some of the top gainers on Friday.

Lupin, Sun Pharma, BPCL, Power Grid, Maruti Suzuki and HUL saw a decline in their share prices.
 

 

Image: Wikimedia Commons 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.