Indian shares ended Thursday's session on a higher note. BSE Sensex closed up 349 Points at 60,649 and Nifty 50 ended 101 points higher at 17,915 on April F&O expiry day.

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A total of 1970 shares advanced, 1421 shares declined, and 126 shares unchanged.

The top gainers on Nifty 50 were Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finance, BPCL, Bajaj Finserv and Bharti Airtel.

While the top losers included HDFC Life, HUL, Power Grid Corp, Adani Ports and Axis Bank.

Among sectoral indices except power, all other indices ended in the green,. Nifty Auto, Nifty Pharma, Nifty Realty, Nifty IT, Nifty Capital goods and Nifty Metal rose 0.5 to 1 percent.

Nifty Bank rose 171 points to 43,001. Shares of Bajaj Group (Bajaj Fin, Bajaj Finserv and Bajaj Auto) led the market. Shares of SBI Life gained while HDFC Life shares declined despite better than expected earnings.

In FMCG bracket Hindustan Unilever (HUL) shares remained under pressure with Q4 earnings being largely below estimates.

Godrej Consumers stocks fell while Raymond stocks rose on FMCG business deal. Shares of Midcap IT companies (LTTS, Coforge and Persistent) gained after good Q4 results. BSE Companies gained market capital of Rs 1.3 Lakh Crore. The BSE midcap and smallcap indices added 0.5 percent each.

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First Published:Apr 27, 2023 3:57 PM IST