Sensex Today | Share Market Live Updates: Nifty hits fresh record high; Sensex jumps 650 points as IT stocks zoom - Qoneqt
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    Vikshita Vitthal Gujaran in News

    12 Jan 11:30 AM


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    Sensex Today | Share Market Live Updates: Nifty hits fresh record high; Sensex jumps 650 points as IT stocks zoom

    Benchmark equity indices rose sharply on Friday. Sensex jumped nearly 700 points while Nifty hit fresh record high of 21,840. Nifty IT zoomed 4.5% with Infy gaining 5%, and TCS surging 3% post Q3 results as analysts said the worst is behind for the sector. The Street eyes key earnings and macroeconomic data like IIP and CPI today.

    Asian markets traded mixed, while US stock indices ended lower overnight as mixed economic data and Fed officials' comments led investors to scale back expectations for the timing and size of any rate cuts from the US Federal Reserve this year. Japanese stocks opened higher on Friday, extending gains from the previous day's session. Australian shares and Hong Kong equity futures fell. US futures were little changed after the S&P 500 ended Thursday flat. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 closed 0.2% higher overnight.

    The US consumer price index rose 0.3% last month after nudging up 0.1% in November, while jobless claim applications fell to 202,000 for the week ended 6 January, down by 1,000 from the previous week.

    Source - Mint