New Delhi: Markets gained by half a percent on Friday despite lower Asian cues.
The BSE Sensex jumped 180.42 points or 0.50 percent to 36,350.83. The NSE Nifty edged higher by 52.65 points or 0.48 percent to 10,911.35.
Top gainers include Yes Bank, Wipro, M&M, ONGC, Infosys, SBI, Mauti, HUL, TCS, Bharti Airtel, PowerGrid and Sun Pharma, rising up to 5 percent.
While, Tata Motors, Adani Ports, Vedanta, NTPC, Coal India, HDFC Bank, Tata Steel, IndusInd Bank, L&T and Kotak Bank were among the top losers, falling up to 3 percent.
On a net basis, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth Rs 823.47 crore Thursday, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) were net buyers to the tune of Rs 973.31 crore, provisional data available with BSE showed.
Share markets ticked slightly lower in early Asian trade. MSCI`s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.1 percent. In Japan, the Nikkei was up 0.2 percent.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.11 percent, to 25,338.84, the S&P 500 lost 0.22 percent to 2,737.8 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.25 percent to 7,273.08 at Thursday`s close.
